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CRANBROOK, B.C. The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia s southern Interior says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found the remains of 182 people in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school.
It says the community of aq am began using the technology last year to search a site near Cranbrook that s close to the former St. Eugene s Mission School.
The band said in a news release Wednesday that the search found the remains in unmarked graves, some as shallow as 90 centimetres to 1.2 metres. It s believed the remains are those of people from Ktunaxa nations, including aq am and the Lower Kootenay Band, as well as other neighbouring First Nations.
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More human remains found near a former residential school.
The Lower Kootenay Band said in a statement Wednesday that the remains of 182 people were found in unmarked graves close to the former St. Eugene’s Mission School near Cranbrook.
This follows the discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval school in Saskatchewan on June 24.
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Hallan otras 182 tumbas sin identificar en un antiguo internado para niños indígenas en Canadá
El tercer descubrimiento de este tipo en menos de cinco semanas eleva a 1.100 el número de cuerpos.
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EFE/ Primera Nación Cowessess
Tres técnicos operan un georradar el pasado 24 de junio para localizar tumbas en Saskatchewan (Canadá).
Las tumbas no marcadas han sido localizadas en la antigua residencia escolar de St. Eugene Mission School, en la provincia de Columbia Británica, en el oeste de Canadá, ha dicho el grupo lower kootenay.
Este descubrimiento se suma al de finales de mayo cuando los tk’emlúps te secwépemc, otro grupo indígena de la Columbia Británica, reveló el hallazgo de los restos de al menos 215 niños indígenas en la antigua residencia escolar de Kamloops. La semana pasada, además, otro grupo aborigen de la provincia occidental de Saskatchewan, los cowessess, anunció que habían encontrado 751 tumbas sin identificar e
Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site
Nearly 200 remains were found near a former school run by the Catholic Church. This is the third such discovery in two months. Author: Associated Press Updated: 3:54 PM MST June 30, 2021
CRANBROOK, BC
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A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families.
The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar findings at two other such church-run schools, one of more than 600 unmarked graves and another of 215 bodies. Cranbrook is 524 miles (843 kilometers) east of Vancouver.
B.C. First Nation says remains of 182 found near former residential school
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CRANBROOK, B.C.- The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school.
In a news release, the band says the community of aqam began using the technology last year to search a site near Cranbrook that is close to the former St. Eugene’s Mission School, which was operated by the Catholic Church from 1912 until the early 1970s.
It says the search found the remains in unmarked graves, some as shallow as 90 centimetres to 1.2 metres.