in his 1988 book Indian School Days. Indigenous activist and founding member of the National Indian Brotherhood, Wilmer Nadjiwon, spoke publicly about his mistreatment and the repeated sexual abuse he experienced at the St. Peter Claver Residential School. Commemoration The first residential school reunion connected to the Spanish residential schools occurred in 1988. In 2009 a monument was erected to remember the students of the Spanish Schools. Beginning in 2010 artist Stacy Sauve began covering a tree across from the St. Joseph school site as a form of memorial. The tree includes two elders and a thunderbird. School principals St. Peter Claver School For Boys St. Joseph's School for Girls See also List of Canadian residential schools Notes External links Government of Canada residential school history Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre Residential schools in Ontario Defunct schools in Canada First Nations education First Nations history Assimilation of indigenous peoples of North America