Pope Apologizes for Church’s War on Native Cultures But ‘It Wasn’t Rattles & Drums in Those Graves’

The Pope is visiting Canada this week and apologized for more than 100 years of abuse, neglect, and intentional cultural repression by the Church against First Nations.

One in 50 children enrolled in residential schools died. Mi’Azhikwan, expert in Canadian law, and Layla Staats, Mohawk from Six Nations, a filmmaker and activist, react to the apology and address the current state of rights for First Nations people.

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