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This is a map of all the residential schools in Canada:

[link to the article it’s attached to, it’s interactable there, so you can get a better look around]

Each dot on this map represents a residential school. Blue dots mean the school is considered completely searched. Yellow dots mean they are either in the process of being searched or there are plans to be searched. Red dots indicate that no search has happened and that no search is currently planned

There were more than 130 residential schools in Canada. This map suggests that only six have been fully searched, and a little more than a dozen partially searched (I counted 15 yellow dots). That leaves at least 109 schools completely untouched.

Let that sink in; if 6,000-7,000 unmarked, indigenous children’s graves were found by searching less than a fifth of all the schools, how many are still undiscovered.

Wikipedia estimates that the body count could be over 50,000, and honestly, that could be a low estimate

i know it’s tempting to think of your recovery journey as a series of goals and accomplishments and tasks to finish, and while sometimes that may be true for knowing the steps you need to take to be healthier, recovery isn’t this one big thing you master like a college diploma. you’re constantly learning, shifting your perspective. i try to think of it as a toolbox: i’m always re-adapting to new situations and leaving old coping mechanisms behind, creating new tools to feel better and ditching habits that no longer serve me in the long run. but it’s not a linear process or a finite one by any means! recovery is not an end goal, but a choice you make and a journey you commit to in order to experience life in the way you deserve - both on good and bad days.