First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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'It kind of changed the way I behaved in #tbay ,' Josh says. 1 of the robbers was charged + pleaded guilty to the crime, he says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 2:43:48 PM -
2 guys on bus started 'talking to us about gang life, saying they were in a gang' before they took the boys' coats, Josh says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 2:41:52 PM
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Josh + Kyle went to Churchill together when their dad moved to #tbay with them for school. 'I had my brother w/me so it was ok' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 2:32:33 PM
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'In Keewaywin, we would go hunting and sit with my dad and paint. That's what we'd do, is hunt and paint.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 2:27:50 PM
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Josh is 21 years old now. Kyle was two years older than him. Josh says he's a carpenter at home in Keewaywin First Nation. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 2:26:05 PM
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Back at #tbinquest on Dec. 15. First witness is Josh Kakegamic, Kyle Morriseau's brother. Kyle died in 2009 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/15/2015 2:24:51 PM
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'I didn't want to make money out of it," Chirstian says of his son's art work. There were about 25 works he gave away. 2/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 10:16:34 PM
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Juror asks whether Kyle's art work is on display somewhere. Christian chokes up explaining he gave it all away, 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 10:15:42 PM
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Christian agrees with lawyer for #tbay police service that police were "concerned and respectful' towards him during search #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 10:04:51 PM
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'Education still hurting our people today as it did in the past,' Christian says, suggesting boarding parents read #TRC report #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:54:37 PM
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'My son's death is contributing to all that, it's going to help other families going through #MMIW to know what to expect' 3/3 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:51:11 PM
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'It started in residential school and where it's leading - it's going to be linked to #MMIW ,' Christian says 2/3 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:49:39 PM
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'I realized my son did not die in vain,' Christian says. 'He made a spiritual sacrifice.' 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:48:05 PM
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Christian says he's disappointed that inquest is not an inquiry. 'I know I'm not going to get the answers I need for my healing' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:47:05 PM
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Christian says he's afraid of his son Brett, now 15, coming to #tbay to high school but 'we've got no choice' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:45:35 PM
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Christian says Kyle's brother, Josh, now manages Norval Morrisseau's estate 'collects the $ and distributes it to others' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:44:35 PM
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'He knew he'd need an education to run this estate in the proper way,' Christian says 3/3 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:37:13 PM
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Anything my father was going to give me, I wanted to give to Kyle. He knew that his future was going to be bright: Christian 2/3 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:36:07 PM
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'Right after my father left there was a court case over his estate,' Christian says of Norval Morriseau's passing 1/3 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:33:42 PM
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There are some things a parent can do for their child that a boarding parent can't do, Christian says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:29:22 PM
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Christian created a work called 'Bringing Kyle Home' to honour his son #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:27:40 PM
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Christian: I don't relieve Elder Cromarty thought there would ever be body bags heading back home from his dream of a school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:22:29 PM
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Kyle attended grade 9 at Churchill in #tbay . "He never did feel welcome there," Christian says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:17:42 PM
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Christian says he took his son hunting and fishing b/c 'he needs to know what he's painting' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:14:44 PM
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Artistic talent is 'in my blood,' Christian Morriseau says. 'We come from a respectable line of medicine men, shaman' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:12:22 PM
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Christian's dad, Norval, + step-father went to residential school. 'My whole life is a ripple effect of that," Christian says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:08:38 PM
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"Although I've never been to a residential school, I know that's where all the negativity + abuse started," Christian says #tbinquest #TRCby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 9:07:13 PM
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Kyle 'had experience drinking on his own...he did drink occasionally, like any other teenager,' Christian says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:58:36 PM
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Christian says he gave #tbay police liaison officer one of his paintings and one of Kyle's as thanks for help w/search #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:56:40 PM
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'I've been following #tbinquest on live-stream + I realize we got more support from #tbay police than others,' Christian says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:54:34 PM
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'When I first heard about Kyle being missing, I was in disbelief,' Christian says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:46:09 PM
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Christian says Kyle talked about coming home to Keewaywin about a month before he disappeared but decided to 'tough it out' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:42:41 PM
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Christian says his two sons changed their opinion of #tbay after they were robbed at knife-point on a city bus in 2008 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:40:41 PM
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'I take the time + responsibility to teach [my children] to paint so they have another option to fall back on,' Christian says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:38:17 PM
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'It gave me the courage to pick up the pencil and the brush again, to continue the legacy my father left me,' Christian says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:37:03 PM
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Christian says he told him 'if I'm going to teach you right, I'm going to teach you the way my father taught me.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:35:27 PM
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Christian says after his father Norval passed in 2007, Kyle asked Christian to teach him to paint #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:33:47 PM
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Kyle was a popular kid growing up his father Christian says. 'All the kids around him, loved him' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:24:11 PM
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Christian Morriseau, taking the stand now, clears up spelling of last name. Gov't spells it with 2 s, family spells it w/1 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:21:54 PM
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While #tbinquest on in 1 #tbay courtroom, preliminary hearing for man charged in killing of student Daniel Levac in another courtroomby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 8:07:49 PM
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Masakeyash says when he was in #tbay he was 'doing whatever, hustling, doing whatever needed doing - but not like dirty jobs' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:56:00 PM
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'I don't know what kind of questions you're asking me," Masakeyash says. "It was my 1st time seeing these guys, 1 hour, 1 night' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:47:38 PM
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Masakeyash says he was never left alone with Kyle by the river as others have testified #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:44:14 PM
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Lawyer for Nishnawbe Aski Nation pointing out many inconsistencies between Masakeyash's story and others who have testified #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:42:11 PM
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'I never hung around with Kyle. I never knew him," Masakeyash says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:41:11 PM