This sad week

I was going to put up another funny post, but not tonight. 

This week I read the books Nomadland and Snakes in Suits so I was a little bummed out to begin with. 

 And then we got the terrible news about the Kamloops Residential School graveyard, with the certainty that there will be more graves found across Canada. 

A few years ago, when the Truth and Reconciliation Report was released, their use of the term "genocide" was disputed -- I do hope now that that type of  self-righteous and hurtful residential school denialism will not happen again.

I have a Twitter list, Indigenous Twitter, which I set up so I can more easily follow Canada's most prominent Indigenous voices and important news. Here is some of the most useful commentary from today:

People knew better back then and people know better now. Watch this 8 min. documentary on why so many First Nations, Metis and Inuit children died from preventable disease, abuse and neglect and what Dr. Bryce did to stop it:https://t.co/bX0EFMxg6O

— Cindy Blackstock (@cblackst) May 29, 2021

If you had no prior knowledge about Residential Schools until you heard about the 215 children’s remains that were uncovered recently.... you should absolutely be outraged by the level at which you were lied to; by the secrets kept from you about the true history of “Canada”.

— Chief Lady Bird 🦅 ᐅᑮᒪᑫᐧᐱᓀᐢ (@chiefladybird) May 31, 2021

"For Indigenous ppl, this is no surprise. It was genocide. Thousands of children lost their lives in a place where they should have been safe. Abused, murdered, left to die."@DaveAlexRoberts, Conor Kerr, and Jo-Ann Saddleback on #RealTalkRJ: https://t.co/MIhoWwdHwd #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/993hFFn1bc

— Ryan Jespersen (@ryanjespersen) May 28, 2021

Niagara Falls will be lit orange in honor of the 215 Indigenous children who lost their lives at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada. Big thanks to @KenCosentino & @Frankenstein716 We must not hide the horrors. Read the full story -> https://t.co/MoTCpI0xC2 pic.twitter.com/LOYGf06c3m

— lastrealindians.com (@lastrealindians) May 31, 2021