Cowessess First Nation is working to change a system that critics say has notoriously harmed Indigenous children and families, first with residential schools, then with the Sixties Scoop and ongoing through child and family services and foster care.
Members of the community place solar lights next to the flags which mark the spots where remains were discovered by ground penetrating radar at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation, Sask., on June 26, 2021. Photo by GEOFF ROBINS /AFP via Getty Images
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COWESSESS FIRST NATION Members of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan spent Saturday morning placing solar-powered lights next to each of the 751 unmarked graves near the site of a former residential school.
A vigil was planned for later in the evening and a moment of silence was scheduled for 7:51 p.m.
COWESSESS FIRST NATION Members of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan spent Saturday morning placing solar-powered lights next to each of the 751…
COWESSESS FIRST NATION - Members of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan spent Saturday morning placing solar-powered lights next to each of the 751 unmarked graves near the site of a former residential school.