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The article presents Chisasibi's Ancita Bugden who gave a painful account of being physically abused. Her abuse and emotional neglect led to a cycle of addiction to drugs and compulsive eating as she criticized the social services and local and regional Aboriginal governments as being full of residential-school survivors in denial on the extent to which their suffering affected their lives. She believes that religious leaders running residential schools did not represent Christian faith.

The article discusses National Democratic Party (NDP) Minister of Parliament (MP) Romeo Saganash's personal struggles and his belief that he and other First Nations children were victims of politics.In a statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on April 26, 2013 he showed the emotional damage inflicted by the residential school experience and called on the government to change the way it deals with Aboriginal people. It cites his commitment to pursue the cause of Aboriginal justice.

The article discusses the highlights of the last of the four Quebec regional events in Chisasibi of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on March 19-20, 2013. It notes that the Chisasibi TRC hearings allowed survivors of the Indian residential school (IRS) system to share their experiences publicly or privately. The two Indian residential schools in the area are Ste-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jesus and St. Philip's.

The article reports on the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission National Event held in Montreal, Quebec. The event was attended by members of the Cree community to support their friends, family and other community members and to discuss the issue of residential schools in Canada. One of the event's participants called for the need to support the survivors of the residential schools which is considered as part Canadian history.