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Paul Dixon

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Paul Dixon is a 65-year-old residential school survivor. From 1963 to 1973, he attended the Mohawk Institute Residential School and the La Tuque Residential School. He speaks Cree fluently. Both of his parents were born in the so-called wilderness of Eeyou Istchee.

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    I spent 10 years in residential schools. This is what I want my grandchildren to know

    From 1963 to 1973, Paul Dixon was forcibly sent to residential schools. Even after the last residential schools closed, he writes Cree families are still shy to hug each other. He wonders if intergenerational trauma is a lasting curse.
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