A montage of images including Louis Gardiner a Survivor of the the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School and an image of the school.(created by Randi LaRocque)
the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School
Survivors of the province’s oldest residential school are still waiting for justice
Oct 2, 2024 | 1:58 PM
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The federal and provincial governments still don’t acknowledge their roles in the operation of the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School and Survivors say that’s not Reconciliation.
It opened in 1821 and was operated by the Roman Catholic Church until it closed in the 1970s making it the province’s oldest residential school.
To ensure history is not forgotten, a 17-minute documentary featuring the Survivors of the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School was created by Indigenous Geographic in partnership with Métis Nation—Saskatchewan.
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