Statue of Queen Victoria torn down in Canada after bodies of over 1,000 children found in unmarked graves

… forced an estimated 150,000 Canadian First Nation children to convert to Christian … forbade them from speaking their native language, facing brutal beatings if … with Indigenous First Nations while other towns and cities cancelled Canada Day celebrations …… forced an estimated 150,000 Canadian First Nation children to convert to Christian … forbade them from speaking their native language, facing brutal beatings if … with Indigenous First Nations while other towns and cities cancelled Canada Day celebrations …