We denounce GENOCIDE br by stealing, murdering, silencing children. br br We demand PEACE, and therefore: br * the correction of the legal system as well as the suppression of all policy that oppresses Native identity. br br * more than a shake of hands after Steven Harper’s official apology for Canada’s genocidal acts against humanity, on June 11, 2008: br br “Two primary objectives of the residential schools br br system were”; br br “To remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures” br And “To assimilate them into the dominant culture.