Ross says there's still a lot of work to be done in order to get to the end of the path to reconciliation
Indigenous peoples across the country are sharing their powerful stories involving the residential schools on this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Brockville resident Samantha Ross is a proud citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government in Alberta. Sadly, her mother was part of the "Sixties Scoop", the large-scale removal or “scooping” of Indigenous children from their homes, communities and families of birth through the 1960s.
Ross says her mother endured years of abuse while being in and out of foster care, but that's not all.
To this day, her mother lives with that pain and trauma.
Her grandmother and great grandmother were both residential school survivors, as well.
Ross says there's still a lot of work to be done in order to get to the end of the path to reconciliation.
Story by: Harper Cotie
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