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The Alberta government is offering $8 million in grants for First Nations, Métis communities and organizations to research unmarked burial sites and undocumented deaths at former residential schools in the province.
Premier Jason Kenney and Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson made the announcement Wednesday, weeks after discovery of the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
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“We have now been reminded that there have been many of those students who were buried in unmarked graves or graves that had been lost,” Kenney said.
The Sisters of St. Ann archives are located on the grounds of the Royal B.C. Museum. Their records have not been made available to the public. The archives are locked and have their own self-contained office space. They are preserved and managed by the religious order. This month, following the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, B.C.’s First Nations Leadership Council wrote to Premier John Horgan demanding access to the archives. It’s believed the historical records could help to identify the children and locate the remains of other Indigenous children who never returned home.
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