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Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples

Missing Records, Missing Children

Indigenous peoples continue to lack complete and timely access to historical records about Indian Residential Schools, despite legal obligations for those documents to be turned over. The report highlights the barriers to locating, accessing and reviewing records that may contain key information about the lives and deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools.

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This webpage contains information about violence related to the Indian residential school system, which may be distressing to some readers.

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