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Told that some people suggest aboriginals should forget
about the unhappy legacy of residential schools and get
on with life, Donna Bomberry smiles.
"We'd like to get on with life," says Ms. Bomberry,
the Anglican Church's indigenous ministries co-ordinator
and a Native woman herself. "The cycle of abuse
continues."
Ms. Bomberry administers the church's healing fund
money to be used to help Native individuals and
communities recover from the wounds of various forms
of abuse.
The fund began in 1992. This year, General Synod
has allotted $100,000 for projects across the country.
The New England Company (founders of St. George's
Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C., and the
Mohawk Indian Residential School in Brantford, Ont.)
will contribute another $12,500 to projects related to
training. It has committed to do this for the next three
years. (The NEC contributed about $250,000 in total to
various projects in Canada in 1999.)
The cycle of abuse is a legacy that...