Ottawa, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the province of Alberta, in Canada, on Tuesday found 169 potential graves of indigenous children at the site of a former residential school.
Federal election has pushed the discoveries of residential school graves to the wayside, Indigenous leaders say ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Tk emlups te Secwepemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir co-hosted a webinar on ground penetrating radar and other remote sensing technologies, amid concerns from Indigenous people flooded with requests from companies offering the service.(Simpcw First Nation)
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Tk emlúps te Secwépemc leaders say Indigenous people across Canada have been inundated with ground penetrating radar specialist requests to survey former residential schools grounds and worry that some may be taken advantage of. Not all opportunities are created equally, said Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir during a webinar for Indigenous people and selected representatives from the media to learn more about remote sensing technologies.
The country has been shaken by the apparent gruesome discovery of the remains of 215 children found buried at a former British Columbia residential school.
First Nations communities and Indigenous groups across Canada are now grappling with what to do next after locating the remains of 215 children who were buried in unmarked graves near a residential school in British Columbia.