Have Canadians been lied to about residential schools?
The Same Drugs
- Published
- February 21, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 1m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses society, culture.
Summary
In 2022, news media across the globe reported that hundreds of mass graves containing the remains of Indigenous children had been discovered at a former residential school site in Canada. This turned out not to be true. Nothing had been discovered at all. Yet the narrative of not only the “mass graves,” but systemic abuse and even “genocide” perpetrated…
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In 2022, news media across the globe reported that hundreds of mass graves containing the remains of Indigenous children had been discovered at a former residential school site in Canada. This turned out not to be true. Nothing had been discovered at all. Yet the narrative of not only the “mass graves,” but systemic abuse and even “genocide” perpetrated at these residential schools, lives on. Canada’s relationship to Indigenous peoples and history is a strong one—tied to funding, legislation,
Themes
- society
- culture