Kamloops Indian Residential School

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kamloops_Indian_Residential_School
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indian residential school
gptkbp:address 345 Chief Alex Thomas Way, Kamloops, BC
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Tk’emlúps_te_Secwépemc_First_Nation
gptkbp:closed 1978
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kamloops Indian Residential School
gptkbp:languageOfInstruction gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kamloops,_British_Columbia,_Canada
gptkbp:maximumEnrollment 500
gptkbp:notableEvent discovery of unmarked graves in 2021
gptkbp:notableFor forced assimilation
unmarked graves
cultural genocide
child deaths
systemic abuse of Indigenous children
gptkbp:numberOfStudents First Nations children
gptkbp:numberOfUnmarkedGravesReported 215
gptkbp:opened 1890
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkb:Missionary_Oblates_of_Mary_Immaculate
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system
gptkbp:prohibitedLanguages Indigenous languages
gptkbp:purpose assimilation of Indigenous children
gptkbp:runsThrough gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
Canadian government apology
calls for justice and reconciliation
media coverage in 2021
gptkbp:survived Indigenous people
gptkbp:unmarkedGravesDiscovered 2021
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Residential_schools_in_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5