By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door At the presentation of the final judgment of the Permanent Peoples\u2019 Tribunal, Sam Achneepineskum wondered if the government is waiting out residential school survivors like himself. \u201cEven though overwhelmingly people have recognized that it happened and that we need to do something about it, I think they\u2019re waiting for a time when our voices will become silent,\u201d said Achneepineskum, who is from Marten Falls First Nation. But survivors\u2019 voices have only grown louder across decades, he said. He is just one of the witnesses whose testimony was considered by the Permanent Peoples\u2019 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… <\/p>\n
By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door At the presentation of the final judgment of the Permanent Peoples\u2019 Tribunal, Sam Achneepineskum wondered if the government is waiting out residential school survivors like himself. \u201cEven though overwhelmingly people have recognized that it happened and that we need to do something about it, I think they\u2019re waiting for a time when our voices will become silent,\u201d said Achneepineskum, who is from Marten Falls First Nation. But survivors\u2019 voices have only grown louder across decades, he said. He is just one of the witnesses whose testimony was considered by the Permanent Peoples\u2019 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... <\/p>\n