Charlie Hunter Case just one more in a long line on the road to reconciliation
Author urges government to do the right thing for child
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, March 25, 2011
Recently the Toronto Star reported on the case of Charlie Hunter, who drowned in 1974 while staying at St. Anne's Residential School in Fort Albany in northwestern Ontario. (http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/953851--star-readers-rally-to-bring-charlie-hunter-home) For author Stephen McGeegan, it's just one more case in a long line of residential school calamities and another slow response from the Canadian government."To have to fight the Canadian government over the return of a child's body is horrific for everyone concerned. It's appalling that the public and the National Residential Schools Survivors Society have to pledge money to have a child laid to rest properly. Having the Indian Affairs minister say he feels badly just doesn't cut it," says McGeegan, whose book Nations Apart chronicles the struggles of native children and their systematic abuse at Residential schools in Canada.
McGeegan's novel recalls the past in a raw and brutal manner which in some cases comes too close to the reality of what families are still going through.
"The road to reconciliation is going to continue to be a long one unless incidents like the Hunter case are rectified in a timely manner. Moving forward I hope that people continue to educate themselves about this process," says McGeegan.
Stephen's book Nations Apart is a story of two countries, Canada & Argentina, dealing with troubles from their past, and the story of two people caught up in that struggle.
For more information about Stephen and Nations Apart visit: http://mcgeegan.wordpress.com
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