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WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools (and SA if you click read more).
Roberta Hill remembers being sent to the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Brantford, Ont., when she was six years old.
Although she attended with five of her siblings, including her youngest sister, they were separated upon arrival.
“I never saw her again for years after,” Hill said.
“She was my favourite little sister. So that was the start of the separation and the trauma.”
Hill, who is from Six Nations of the Grand River near Hamilton, was part of a group of residential school survivors who gave witness testimony to the Permanent Peoples Tribunal in Montreal on Tuesday.
A national 24-hour Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available at 1-866-925-4419 for emotional and crisis referral services for survivors and those affected.
Mental health counseling and crisis support are also available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the Hope for Wellness hotline at 1-855-242-3310 or by online chat .
