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Titled her own reflection at IRS: "Dare to Speak for Yourself"
With a curious nature to ask questions, when Darlene Kappo's mother was preparing her to leave for the boarding school in a new red dress and curly hair held by a ribbon she told her,…

Main quote: "Evidently all possible was done and Letour was quite justified in refusing to allow the parents permission to remove the child."

The look on these girls' faces and the cruelty in the eyes of the Nun, is evidence these children lived in fear at St. Anne's IRS. circle 1908-1964

School narrative of all documents related to the school, with a focus on the incidents of every form of abuse.

Newspaper clipping, dates October 3, 1929

Article is focused on the ceremony, then history, and the very last and shortest paragraph contains one sentence that says the kids have been transferred two provinces over to an IRS in Edmonton, AB. The…

Birtle Indian School: Students and Staff