RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS
THEN and NOW

 

 

Eva Grant - Ottereyes
attended the
St John's Indian Residential School
in Chapleau, Ontario. 

Eva was a student at the Anglican run school from 1931 - 1939. 

She was never allowed to go home to see her family for over 8 straight years.

She is now 86 years old and lives in Waswanapi, Quebec.

(November 2009)

 

Read the  Honor Poem  by Michelle Nieviadomy

 

(Contributed to NRSSS on 18 February 2009)