TTR Seeking to Locate, Acknowledge and Remember Our Missing Children

 

Trigger Warning: readers and participants may be triggered by the recount of Indian Residential Schools.

The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24-hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of his or her Residential school experience.

Toll Free: 1-866-925-4419

Dear TTR Members,

As you may be aware, TTR has been working on and supporting initiatives to understand the effects of residential schools on our community.

Considering the importance of this topic and the results of previous programs, TTR has applied for funding under the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Funding to support a new research/engagement initiative TTR Seeking to Locate, Acknowledge and Remember Our Missing Children to:

  • Accurately identify members who attended residential schools based on official data.
  • Reduce the gap of information and build awareness.
  • Create a Special Committee to Assist with the Coordination of this new initiative.
  • Create a regional network to foster collaboration, awareness, and empowerment with other First Nations in our area.
  • Support archival research for members seeking closure.
  • Conduct knowledge gatherings in the community.
  • Create and maintain a Survivors and Missing Children database.
  • Host community engagement sessions.
  • Develop protocols for cultural and traditional knowledge.

TTR Members will be invited to participate in community gatherings and Safe Interviews to follow up on their archival research processes.

Our Committee will be meeting in a regularly basis to coordinate activities, discuss advances and oversees program action plan.

In the meantime, we invite you review the resources available in this section to learn about the process of accessing to survivors records and our internal database (under continues development).

Miigwech,

Don Clarke
Project Manager

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For program information & inquiries, please send us an email to: alc@ttr292.ca
National Register Memorial Register

We can assist Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors in requesting records from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). Our team can provide the official forms required and support you throughout the inquiry process.

Please contact us at alc@ttr292.ca and let us know how we can assist you.

Important Information:

If you are requesting records for a Survivor who is still living, we require their written consent. A consent form will be provided for this purpose.

If you are requesting information for a Survivor who has passed away, you must provide proof of death. Acceptable documents include:

  • A death certificate
  • An obituary
  • A funeral program
  • A photograph of the headstone

Our TTR Residential School Survivors Database is under ongoing development.

We currently have approximately 150 Survivors listed, including details such as years of attendance, schools attended, and other information sourced from available public records.

If you would like to inquire about your own entry or that of a loved one, please contact us at alc@ttr292.ca.

ISC – Federal Indian Day Schools Health and Cultural Support Program:  Provides mental health, emotional and cultural support services throughout all phases of the Indian Day School Settlement Agreement

Toll Free: 1-866-818-3505

Website: https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1594067962949/1594068284591

 

Indian Residential School Survivors Society.  IRSSS is dedicated to providing compassionate, culturally grounded support for Indian Residential School Survivors, their families, and communities. Services include crisis support, counselling, advocacy, and cultural healing to help individuals navigate their healing journey.

 

IRSSS operates a 24-hour crisis line to provide urgent emotional support for Survivors, families, and Indigenous communities across British Columbia and beyond.

24/7 Crisis Line:  1-800-721-0066

Website:  https://www.irsss.ca/

 

West Region Tribal Health:  The West Region Treaty 2 & 4 Health Services IRS-RHSP provides emotional and cultural support and services including health and wellness related programs to former Indian Residential School Survivors and/or Families whom reside on and off reserve.

Phone: 204-622-9400

Toll Free: 1-866-385-9400

Website:  https://www.westregiontribalhealth.com/copy-of-home-community-care

Legacy of Hope Foundation: is designed to educate, create awareness and understanding of the effects and inter-generational impacts of the Residential School System (RSS) and subsequent Sixties Scoop on First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. 

 

Toll Free:  1-877-553-7177

Phone: 613-237-4806

Website: https://legacyofhope.ca/

Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre

Toll Free: 1-866-280-8809

Phone: 204-925-1204

Website: https://ahwc.ca/irs/

Anish Healing Centre Inc.

Toll Free: 1-866-640-5441

Website: https://www.anish.ca/

Southeast Resource Development Council

Phone: 204-956-7500

Website: http://serdc.mb.ca/programs-and-services/health-services

Cross Lake Band – IRS Healing Program

Website: http://www.crosslakeband.ca/

Keewatin Tribal Council

Toll Free: 1-800-665-6212 Ext. 7257

Phone: (204) 677-0384

Website: http://www.ktc.ca/

St. Theresa Point

Phone: (204) 462-2838

Website: http://www.stpfirstnation.com/health-authority

 

Sagkeeng First Nation IRS Wellness Centre

Phone: (204) 367-9990

Website: http://www.sagkeenghealth.com/indian-residential-school-resolution-health-support-program-irs.html

Call lines and Other Resources

 

Hope for Wellness Help Line

The Hope for Wellness Help Line offers free, confidential, culturally competent counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If asked, counsellors can work with you to identify follow-up services. Services are available in English and French, and in Inuktitut upon request.

Toll Free: 1 (855) 242-3310

Live chat: http://www.hopeforwellness.ca

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)

If you are a Survivor and need emotional support, a national crisis line is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week: Residential School Survivor Support Line: 1-866-925-4419

Emotional, cultural and professional support services are also available to Survivors and their families through the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program. Services can be accessed on an individual, family or group basis: Manitoba: 1-866-818-3505

Website: https://nctr.ca/

The Klinic Crisis Line provides free and confidential counselling, support and referrals for people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, are in crisis or are struggling to cope.

The Klinic Crisis Line can be accessed at 204-786-8686 or toll-free at 1-888-322-3019.

Manitoba Suicide Prevention and Support Line

This phone line is for individuals who are struggling with suicidal thoughts or feelings, who are concerned about a loved one or who are impacted by a suicide loss or suicide attempt. This crisis line can be accessed at 1-877-HELP170 (1-877-435-7170).

 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Support Line

1-844-413-6649

Kids Help Phone

Kids Help Phone provides online, telephone counselling and text-based support for youth across Canada. Kids Help Phone also provides information on how to access community support services for youth, and can be accessed by calling 1-800-668-6868 or texting 686868