By Matteo Cimellaro  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  Warning: This story contains distressing details.  The federal government and 325 First Nations have settled out of court a second class-action lawsuit by survivors who attended but did not board at residential schools. Indian residential day schools operated from the 1800s to as late as 2000. Referred to as residential day scholars, they attended schools run by Christian churches. During the course of their education, they were subjected to assimilating abuse and loss of identity, culture and language. The Gottfriedson settlement, named after former Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Chief Shane Gottfriedson, was announced Saturday in Vancouver by Marc Miller, minister of Crown-Indigenous affairs, alongside Gottfriedson and other former First Nations leaders. The $2.8-billion fund will be placed in a not-for-profit trust led by the

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