Letter to Jane Simpson from a fellow residential school staff member

Students listed in the letter include: Mary Brisket, Mary Chesel, Bessie Ritch, Emma Bunting, Alice Oambrash, Elenya [Masakeyash], Agnes Masakeyash, Mary Kai-bai-as-kai, Mary Tuck, Ida Sapay, Matilda, Alice Childforever, Edith Williams, Bella McDonald, Annie McDonald, Charlie Sharfee, Charles Carpenter, Henry OKemah, Lewis Wesley, Morris Brisket, Maurice Cromartie, Abel Wesley, Gilbert Baxter, Archie Land, John Childforever, Tommy Archibald, Christ Ritch, Stephen [Toulster], Harry Lichner.

The letters included in these files were written by Residential School students. However, we do not know the circumstances that they written under. The letters may have been form letters or part of a mandatory writing assignment. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.