Some former students of Native residential schools don't want to relive the abuse they suffered just to get additional compensation from the Canadian government.

Every student received $10,000, plus $3,000 for each year they attended a school. But to qualify for up to $275,000 in additional compensation, former students have to write a detail account of the abuse, provide documentation and produce witnesses, if necessary.

"I don't think I can do it," Sylvia Gould, who went to a school in Nova Scotia, told CBC News.

Canada agreed to pay $2 billion to settle residential school cases. About 75,000 former students have received their share of the settlement.

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