"It never seems to end."  And it won't end, either...and I mean no disrespect when I say that.  

There is much talk about "healing," and "closure" by both whites and Natives. That, I have come to believe, is what it is: mere talk.  

Kevin Annett, former United Church Minister tossed from his church for allowing FN people in his parish a chance to share their residential school pain back in the 1990s, has said healing is impossible for these tragic people.  It cannot be done for them, with them, by them.  They cannot "put it in the past", because the horror of what they witnessed (and, often endured themselves) was so great. 

Moreover, in part because these people have been so damaged, they unwittingly perpetuate the cycle on their own reservations. Younger people who NEVER set foot in a residential school are doomed. Long after the last residential school survivor (and "survivor" is the right word) has died, the pain, suffering and white atonement will go on and on...