Factbox-Unmarked graves found at Canadian former residential school sites
FILE PHOTO: Shoes sit on the steps of the provincial legislature, placed there following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former indigenous residential schools, on Canada Day in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on July 6, 2021 - 22:57
July 6, 2021 - 22:57
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools - institutions that were part of an abusive system that the country s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called cultural genocide in 2015.
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Shoes sit on the steps of the provincial legislature, placed there following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former indigenous residential schools, on Canada Day in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo
TORONTO, July 6 (Reuters) - Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools - institutions that were part of an abusive system that the country s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called cultural genocide in 2015. read more
Here are some of the discoveries that have been made.
Kamloops Indian Residential School - Tk emlúps te SecweÌpemc, British Columbia:
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Jun 23, 2021 | 5:11 PM
The search for unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools in Saskatchewan has led to what the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling a “horrific and shocking discovery.”
The Cowessess First Nation is to host a virtual press conference Thursday to publicly announce the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School.
According to a media release from the FSIN, the number of unmarked graves is “the most significantly substantial to date in Canada.”
The former Marieval Indian Residential School is located about 25 kilometres north of Broadview. The school operated from 1899 to 1997.