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Statement of the Akwesasronon Shonataten:ron (Residential School Survivors of Akwesasne) regarding the Papal visit to Canada
Monday, July 25, 2022
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The following is the text of a July 22, 2022, statement from the Akwesasronon Shonataten:ron, who are the Mohawk survivors of residential schools in Canada.
Sekon Skennen:kowa (Greetings of Great Peace to all).
We are the Mohawk Residential School Survivors, (the Akwesasronon Shonataten:ron) those who endured kidnapping, isolation, displacement, hunger, physical punishment, linguistic suppression and cultural alienation while confined to institutions designed by Canada and administered by the Catholic and Anglican churches to kill our spirits and cripple our bodies.
They failed.
While the harm inflicted upon us is permanent with residual effects on our descendants we have proven to be resilient with a unwavering determination to secure justice for our selves, our communities, our families and those children whose bodies lie abandoned beneath the ground.
We are now actively searching for the missing children. We are scouring archives to find the records of those who were stolen from their homes so that we may answer these fundamental questions:
- Who was taken
- How many were taken
- Where they were taken to
- What happened to them at these places of confinement
- Where are the missing
- What is the manner of death for those who perished at those institutions
To reach the Akwesasronon Shonataten:ron, contact Doug George-Kanentiio at 315-415-7288 or Rarakwisere at 518-353-8730.
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