Mohawk Institute survivor Roberta Hill, who spent five years at the former Indian Residential School in Brantford, called it the saddest time of her life.

Visitors walk up the long lane to the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario. Unveiled on Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation -- following a ten-year, $26 million Save the Evidence fundraising campaign -- as an interpretive museum of conscience and educational resource. More than 1,000 people lined up for tours on Tuesday. Photo by Brian Thompson / The Expositor

Residential school survivor Geronimo Henry of Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations speaks to a crowd in front of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario on Tuesday. Henry shared details of the 11

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