By Bree Duwyn Writer Document collection and research by the Survivors’ Secretariat, in partnership with Know History, reveals more than double the number of child deaths at the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School than originally released by the National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). On Wednesday (Aug. 31), the Survivors’ Secretariat welcomed members of the Six Nations community and guests to a Year in Review event. In front of a new location, the Survivors’ Secretariat introduced the new Secretariat Lead, Laura Arndt, and addressed research, document collection, ground search, and community accountability and advocacy efforts. “I am honoured and humbled to join the Survivors’ Secretariat and lead the work of truth finding into what happened at the Mohawk Institute,” said Arndt. Know History’s historical services guiding the Secretariat’s

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