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Genocide, Mass Grave Of 215 Children Found Under Indigenous Residential School In Canada
Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh stated that Canada must confront the reality of this genocide. The Kamloops Indian Residential School building is viewed on May 31, 2021 in Kamloops, British Columbia, as people pay tribute in memory of the 215 children s bodies found on the residential school site. Photo: Getty Images
A mass grave of hundreds of children has been uncovered at an Indigenous residential school in Canada, shocking the nation.
The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, were found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school one of the institutions that held native children taken from their families across the nation.
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Canada has flown its flags at half-mast in mourning for 215 children whose remains were discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Indigenous children.
The former Kamloops Indian Residential school in B.C. was the largest of 139 boarding schools set up in the late 19th century, with up to 500 students registered and attending at any one time.
The discovery of the children s remains, some as young as three, has sparked strong emotions throughout Canada, particularly in Indigenous communities. To honour the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families, I have asked that the Peace Tower flag (in Ottawa) and flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter on Sunday.