Home / News Releases / Statement from Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc – Our hearts go out to the other communities who have recently confirmed unmarked gravesites and missing children on the grounds of the former residential schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Our hearts are with you and all communities affected.
We grieve these latest findings brought to light with the help of science. This does not make the loss any less, the horrors any softer or the tragedy any lighter. Within the Secwépemc Nation, Williams Lake First Nation (T’exelcemc) is preparing to investigate the former St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School. We understand the deep wounds that these findings and investigations open up for survivors and intergenerational survivors. We stand with you as we reflect on this harsh truth that is part of the history we need all Canadians to acknowledge and to come to terms with so that we may collectively heal as a Nation.