Trudeau announces funding for residential schools survivors in visit to BC First Nation | FULL

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday additional funding for B.C. First Nations to support healing for residential school survivors as he visited the site of a former school Wednesday.

Trudeau was welcomed by First Nation elders and residential school survivors in Williams Lake, B.C., participating in a series of ceremonies and meetings aimed at reconciliation and healing.

The visit comes about two months after Williams Lake First Nation announced it had found 93 “reflections” indicating unmarked graves of children around the former St. Joseph’s Mission residential school.

The prime minister and Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars said the additional $2.9 million in federal funding will be in addition to the $1.4 million provided earlier this year. The money will go in part towards continuing research into the history of the residential school system, including uncovering remains and interviewing survivors.

The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line (1-800-721-0066) is available 24 hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience.

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