Featured Articles — Thomas Flanagan
“They Were Not Forced”
1619 Project Aboriginals Brian Giesbrecht Canada History Debates History Wars Indian Residential Schools Indigenous Kamloops Nina Green Politically Corrective History Politics & Government Public History Thomas Flanagan
The claim that 150,000 status Indian children were 'forced' to attend residential schools is misleading at best, write Nina Green, Brian Giesbrecht, and Tom Flanagan. For example, enforcement of compulsory attendance was often lax to non-existent.
The False Narrative of Residential School Burials
1619 Project Brian Giesbrecht Corrective History Indigenous Kamloops Mass Graves Hoax Thomas Flanagan Williams Lake
There is no documentary or forensic evidence of murdered and secretly buried indigenous children or other bizarre and fantastical stories, write Tom Flanagan and Brian Giesbrecht
A Reply to Minister Marc Miller
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We can accept Miller’s warning to accept whatever claim is made by an Indigenous community. Or we can ask questions. Sorry, Mr. Miller, but we choose the latter course.