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Published Tuesday, June 1, 2021 5:34AM EDT EDMONTON Searching for unmarked burial sites is a painstaking process that not all Indigenous communities could be immediately ready for after the remains of more than 200 children were found at a former residential school in British Columbia, says an anthropologist who has done similar projects on the Prairies. “Just a note of caution - we can t just show up with our equipment and run surveys tomorrow,” says Kisha Supernant, an anthropology professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. “This is a delicate, sensitive process that requires such care. And communities must decide what would be the right way forward.”
EDMONTON Searching for unmarked burial sites is a painstaking process that not all Indigenous communities could be immediately ready for after the remains of…
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HALIFAX There was a collective sense of grief and sadness Monday around the Maritimes as people paid tribute to the young lives lost at a former residential school in British Columbia. The tragic discovery of the mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children has stirred up painful memories for residential school survivors in our region. Tiny shoes were placed on the steps of St. Mary s Basilica to honour the 215 lives cut short and draw attention to their unmarked burial site, which was discovered at a former Kamloops residential school. I feel for my family that went there now that have to be reawakened to the news of, what will they uncover here when they start looking? said Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman, a Mi kmaw elder.