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OTTAWA - The discovery of 215 children s remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded was cultural genocide against Indigenous Peoples.
People sing and drum outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
OTTAWA - The discovery of 215 children s remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded was cultural genocide against Indigenous Peoples.
OTTAWA — The discovery of 215 children s remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which international law experts say was a . . .
Remains of 215 children found at Kamloops residential school site
Remains of 215 children found at Kamloops residential school site
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc leadership believes the missing children s deaths were undocumented By Charlie Smith
The new classroom building of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, circa 1950.
There’s been a new discovery highlighting the horrors of Canada’s Indian residential school system.
With the help of ground-penetrating radar specialists, the leadership of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc have located the remains of 215 children who were students at the now-closed Kamloops Indian Residential School in BC.
“We had a knowing in our community that we were able to verify. To our knowledge, these missing children are undocumented deaths,” stated Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir in a news release. “Some were as young as three years old.
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