“I would like to acknowledge all of our ancestors who didn’t make it, as well (as) all of our day scholars who signed on to the fight (and) who didn’t see the result, who moved on to the spirit world,” Gottfriedson said at the press conference.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/01/24/news/feds-first-nations-settle-lawsuit-collective-harm-residential-day-schools

“Our nations started this lawsuit because we saw the devastating impacts that Residential Schools had on our nations as a whole,” said former Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Chief Shane Gottfriedson.

Source: https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2023/01/26/feds-announce-settlement-agreement-with-gottfriedson-plaintiffs/