Education is one of the keys to a better future.
And for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, education is one of the main recommendations to ensure future generations learn the mistakes of the past.
Many children on reserves like Pukatwagan are already learning to speak their languages in their school, Cree.
Reclaiming native languages is just one of the recommendations the TRC is calling for to make people aware of what happened during the residential school era.
"We will begin the healing process for this nation and we must protect and nurture this flame and pass it on to our children as the duty of true reconciliation will ultimately fall upon them," said Justice Murray Sinclair, TRC Commissioner.
High school student Gordon Parisian welcomes the challenge.
"It can be a burden in some perspectives but it's better we take it on now than it never occurring,” said Parisian.
Part of that burden for some, even at Parisian's native-run school, is starting with the basics: learning about their Indigenous culture, native heroes and the chain of events that led to the changes now called for.
And it's not just native run schools that are talking about Indigenous issues and languages.
Many across Winnipeg are doing the same and many students say they want to learn more.
"I want to know what how they feel about it, I want to know what their experiences are and stuff like that. I know it's kinda out of the book but I want to know what their feelings towards things are and stuff like that," said Jack Connelly, a student at Sturgeon Heights Collegiate.
In fact, many in Connelly's social studies class already know about the history of Indigenous people. Some say, more so than their parents ever did.
And it's that kind of education the TRC wants to see more of - children teaching others what went on in residential schools.
The TRC would like Indigenous education incorporated into school curriculum.
The federal government says it won't act on any of the recommendations until after the next election.
