concluded its six-year report<\/a>\u00a0by naming Canada’s many decades-long “residential school” system for indigenous youth a form of “cultural genocide.”<\/p>\nThe latter may not\u00a0sound like good news, but for those who already knew that it was that, official\u00a0recognition is a significant victory.<\/p>\n
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