Remember the Children
A Gathering to Remember the Children
Who Did Not Come Home from the
Brandon Indian Residential School
Elders, Survivors, Ministers, and
Community Members will lead
the Service of Remembrance.
There will be an opportunity for
smudging, the lighting of
candles, the reading of names,
drumming, prayers, and a time
of silence.
The Brandon Indian Residential
School Mobile Learning Centre
will be introduced to the
community and the first 29 large
format photos, which span the
history of the school, will be
displayed.
The Brandon Indian Residential
School operated from 1895-1972 at
a site just west of the current
location of the Brandon Research
and Development Centre on Grand
Valley Road. It was administered
first by the Mission Board of the
Methodist Church and after 1925
by the United Church of Canada. A
formal apology was issued in 1998
by the Church to former students,
and to their families and
communities.