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Many children who were forced to attend Kuper Island Residential School off the coast of Chemainus on Vancouver Island died trying to leave. Survivor Karen McCallum, whose half-sisters were presumed drowned trying to escape, is still looking for answers.
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During my four years of research and interviews with elders for my book Medicine Unbundled: A Journey Through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care, I heard many stories about lost and missing children, parents wondering what, or who, had killed their children or relatives and where they might be buried.
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The stories from KIRS graduates were some of the most disturbing: beatings, sexual abuse, failed escapes that ended in drowning, suicides, and a possible murder.