Exploring Theme: "Discoveries of unmarked graves"

More work needs to be done to determine what exactly the ground-penetrating radar has found at the former Lebret Indian Industrial School site. Toronto Star: A Saskatchewan First Nation says a ground-penetrating radar search at a former residential school has revealed more than 2,000 anomalies, while a physical search also found what is believed to...

George Gordon First Nation Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism: Officials with the George Gordon First Nation released details of possible burials found at the former Gordon’s Indian Residential School on Wednesday afternoon. The search began with four areas of interest identified last fall, and through Ground Penetrating Radar 14 possible burial sites were located. “In upcoming months,...

Fort Pelly Residential School and St. Philip’s Residential School Feb. 15, 2022: Toronto Star – The discovery of 54 potential graves of children forced to attend two residential schools on Keeseekoose First Nation land was announced to a silent gathering of community members and media… Meanwhile, Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations...

Toronto Star – The discovery of 54 potential graves of children forced to attend two residential schools on Keeseekoose First Nation land was announced to a silent gathering of community members and media… Meanwhile, Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said the Catholic Church, and others who ran the school, must...

CTV News – In 2018 and 2019, the First Nation worked with the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Alberta to use ground-penetrating radar to find unmarked or unidentified graves of children who attended the school. Through that process, along with water line construction done in the 1990’s, the First Nation has identified at...