UK faces reckoning after unmarked Indigenous graves discovered in Canada

Activists call on Britain to acknowledge its role in efforts to erase Indigenous culture

The United Kingdom is facing growing calls to re-examine the troubling legacy of its colonial history in Canada after the discovery of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous children.

At least 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend such church-run schools as part of the campaign to strip them of their cultural identity, and amid anger over Catholic church's role in operating the institutions, churches across the country have been set on fire.