By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door At the presentation of the final judgment of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, Sam Achneepineskum wondered if the government is waiting out residential school survivors like himself. “Even though overwhelmingly people have recognized that it happened and that we need to do something about it, I think they’re waiting for a time when our voices will become silent,” said Achneepineskum, who is from Marten Falls First Nation. But survivors’ voices have only grown louder across decades, he said. He is just one of the witnesses whose testimony was considered by the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in Montreal in May, sharing his story so that the truth about a dark chapter in Canadian history may one day be fully reckoned with. The result…
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