'They tried to extinguish us': Sḵwx̱wú7mesh elder shares healing from residential school

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"Elder Sam George's voice doesn't waver as he points himself out in a black and white photo of First Nations children, standing on the doorsteps of St. Paul's Residential School in the 1950s."

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Creators and Contributors Elizabeth McSheffrey (Creator)

SubjectSam George Sr. (Tseatsultux)

IdentifierARC.News.GN.20230508

DateMay 8 2023

General Material DesignationElectronic record

Record TypeNewspaper Articles

ThemesResidential School

LanguageEnglish

URLhttps://globalnews.ca/news/9657584/squamish-residential-school-survivor-healing-memoir/

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