Residential school survivors in a Saskatchewan community took part in a "symbolic demolition" of the building that they were forced to attend for so many years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett was present at the event in Île-à-la-Crosse in northern Saskatchewan. She held a sledgehammer first before inviting two former students to join her.

A Facebook video posted by the village last week shows the two survivors named Angus and Violet, taking the sledgehammer and striking a wall of the school.

You can watch the video embedded above.