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Two new Heritage Minutes seek to shed light on some of the darkest moments in Canadian history and continue the work of reconciliation with our indigenous peoples.

The one-minute ads tackle tough subjects: residential schools and treaty rights. One laments the fact indigenous leaders had a very different notion of what Treaty 9, which covers a large swath of Ontario, entailed.

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The other highlights how residential schools tried to “kill the Indian in the child” and is narrated by Pearl Achneepineskum, and it tells the story of her brother.

“It’s been called cultural genocide,” she says in the Minute named his honour: Chanie Wenjack. “I survived residential school.”