“We are very honoured to host a national historical site basically in the centre of Canada, and to work towards highlighting and educating, and bringing awareness about these schools to the world…. The story needs to be told through Indigenous eyes,”

Chief Dennis Meeches, Long Plain First Nation

You cannot erase history by destroying a building. When I acquired this land and the building in 1981 as a young chief at that time, I wanted to destroy it. I wanted to demolish it. But elders told me, “No, you’ve got to keep it for a testimony to the world at large to tell what happened to us.”

Ernie Daniels, Former Chief & Knowledge Keeper