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B.C. schools remember Kamloops residential school children by colouring paper eagle feathers for display

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.

For Prince George, B.C., grade school teacher Amanda Beers, colouring eagle feathers on paper has been a way for her students to learn about a difficult topic.

On Thursday, the Grades 5-6 teacher from Heritage Elementary School and her students attached 215 feathers — in red, orange, yellow and other warm colours — on the school’s fences to commemorate the Indigenous children whose remains have been discovered at a former residential school in

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This story was originally published on CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/eagle-feather-colouring-hanging-fences-schools-michelle-stoney-1.6052809?cmp=rss.

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