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Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash

Published: June 9, 2023, 11:30 p.m.

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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week\\u2019s Witness History and Sporting Witness stories.

We hear about the Inuit children taken away from their homes and culture, to be educated in Canadian cities. Adamie Kalingo tells his story about being placed with a foster family in Ottawa in 1964. Dr Raven Sinclair explains how Adamie\\u2019s story was part of a wider program of resettling Indigenous children.

Also, the crash at Le Mans which killed 80 people in 1955; the ceremony in 2005, organised by campaigner Ilguilas Weila, to free 7,000 slaves in Niger; plus, the forensic artist whose reconstructions have helped solve murders.

Finally, we find out whether a man can ever beat a horse in a race.

Contributors:\\nAdamie Kalingo, taken from his Inuit community in 1964\\nDr Raven Sinclair, retired professor of social work\\nJohn Fitch, racing driver\\nIlguilas Weila, anti-slavery campaigner\\nRichard Neave, forensic artist\\nHuw Lobb, long distance runner\\nGordon Green, creator of the Man v Horse race

(Photo: Adamie Kalingo in 2023. Credit: Adamie Kalingo)

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