Feature Story: Artifacts from residential schools stir memories

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2015-01-08
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External Relations, University of Regina
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External Relations, University of Regina
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A monument to residential school survivors has been unveiled at the University of Regina. The Witness Blanket is a large-scale, wood based art installation incorporating more than 800 items connected to residential school experiences in Saskatchewan and across Canada. The wall is filled with items including worn out piano keys, dried sweet grass and well-used children’s skates. Each item tells a story reflecting the painful legacy of the residential school system.

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Shauneen Pete, Indigenization, Witness Blanket, Carey Newman
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