“Today’s event aims to discuss the initial report on the complex issue of boarding schools for indigenous children run by religious figures in French Guiana in the 20th century. These boarding schools were a kind of cultural assimilation, a deconstruction of the indigenous people’s culture, and a model of imperialism carried out by the church and public institutions, as these boarding schools were receiving state support. Our purpose is to consider whether there is a need to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate what happened, and then identify steps we will take regarding those mechanisms,” Jean-Pierre Massias, President of the Louis-Joinet Institute (IFJD), a participant of the colloquium entitled "Truth Commission on the indigenous population of Guiana" organized jointly by the Louis-Joinet Institute (IFJD-Institut Louis Joinet) at the National Assembly of France told AZERTAC.