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Uncovering Canada鈥檚 Buried Past

The story of thousands of indigenous children, forced into residential schools in Canada.

For over a hundred years, more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in compulsory boarding schools throughout Canada. Many were housed in overcrowded, underfunded facilities; mistreated and abused. Thousands died. Barbara Plett Usher reports from Saskatchewan.

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