The dark legacy of Canada's residential schools, where thousands of children died

Last year, archeologists detected what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at a residential school in Canada, bringing new attention to one of the country's most shameful chapters. Anderson Cooper reports. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch full episodes: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more “60 Minutes” from “60 Minutes: Overtime”: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr Follow “60 Minutes” on Instagram: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry Like “60 Minutes” on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao Follow “60 Minutes” on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1KxUsqX Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

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Canada's Dark Secret | Featured Documentaries

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The Reckoning: Native American Boarding Schools’ Painful History Unearthed

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Crimes against children at residential school: The truth about St. Anne's - The Fifth Estate

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People who remember every second of their life | 60 Minutes Australia

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Canada's Unmarked Graves; Sharswood | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

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Thousands of Kids Died in Residential Schools, Now They're Being Found

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American Indian Boarding Schools: A Small US Town Digs for the Truth | Foreign Correspondent

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Kamloops residential school survivors recall students going missing, digging of graves in orchard

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Inside the Williams Lake residential school: Violation of Trust (1991) - The Fifth Estate

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Nick Estes: Indian Boarding Schools Were Part of "Horrific Genocidal Process" by the U.S.

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