Majority of residential school survivors decline to give statements

| June 21, 2010
Ruth Scalplock, a 66-year-old residential school survivor, came from Alberta's Siksika Nation to Winnipeg to attend the opening of the Truth and Reconciliation Hearings. 'I want to support the survivors,' she says.  Photo: Kaj Hasselriis.
Many travelled hundreds of miles to take part in the five-day Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Winnipeg, but only about 10 per cent made official statements about the abuse they suffered.

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