'A Really Good Release': Survivors Take Hammers, Rocks to Former Residential School

'A really good release': Survivors take hammers, rocks to former residential school

“They gave me a sledgehammer. I went to town,” says Cecil Sabbas, who was at the Christie Indian Residential School for eight years.

Former residential school demolished on Meares Island - The Turtle Island News

By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Editor’s note: The following story contains strong language from former students of the Christie Indian Residential School and references that may be upsetting to some readers. Meares Island, B.C. – Shattered glass. Wailing cries soothed by traditional drums. Wood cracked as the digger excavator tore into the roof of the old Christie Indian Residential School, releasing decades…