New “Heritage Minute” shines light on residential schools – iNews 880

June 21, 2016

Canada’s newest “Heritage Minute,” released on the 20th anniversary of National Aboriginal Day, shines a light on one of the darker chapters of Canada’s history.

Titled Chanie Wenjack, the piece highlights the horror of Canada’s residential schools through the story of the fatal escape attempt by a young First Nations boy in 1966.

Narrated by Chanie’s sister, the video opens with him fleeing through the brush, before cutting back to show the indignities and abuses he faced at Ontario’s Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School.

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