Council slams B.C. mayors wife for distributing controversial book on residential schools [Video]

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The Lhtako Dene Nation in B.C.’s Cariboo region says it is outraged that the local mayor’s wife has been circulating a book that dismisses the horrors of residential schools.

At a meeting on Wednesday, Quesnel city councillors condemned the actions of Mayor Ron Paull’s wife, Pat Morton, and discussed a letter written by the nation that said the book is a slap in the face.

“It has come to our attention that a person related (to) the city elected (officials) has been distributing a book entitled Grave Error: How The Media Misled Us (And The Truth About Residential Schools),” reads the letter to council.

“This book makes many harsh comments including ‘truth has been turned into a casualty,’ implying that cultural genocide did not occur and basically questioning the existence of Indian Residential Schools.”

The nation said it shouldn’t have …