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Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 02:41 AM Jun 2021

Hundreds of unmarked graves discovered at a former residential school in Canada, officials say

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/americas/canada-unmarked-graves-discovered/index.html

Hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Canada, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said Wednesday.

The Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan will host a news conference Thursday to announce the "horrific and shocking discovery" of the graves, the FSIN said in a statement.


"The number of unmarked graves will be the most significantly substantial to date in Canada," the statement said.
The discovery comes after the remains of 215 children were found in late May buried near the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada. Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada have called on officials to conduct a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of the children were found.

Meanwhile, local leaders in Saskatchewan are contacting survivors and families to inform them of the remains, FSIN said.
"The first priority is the health, healing and wellness of the survivors and their families, as well as the community of Cowessess First Nation," said Larissa Burnouf with FSIN Communications.

Photos and videos of the site are expected to be provided Thursday during the news conference.
The Cowessess Nation is located near the community of Broadview, about 95 miles from the provincial capital of Regina.

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Hundreds of unmarked graves discovered at a former residential school in Canada, officials say (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2021 OP
Every one of those is a child who was taken from his or her loved ones for no reason, Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #1

Scrivener7

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1. Every one of those is a child who was taken from his or her loved ones for no reason,
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 06:35 AM
Jun 2021

and then died alone, without the comfort of his or her loved ones.

How could they do it? How do you look in a child's face and do that?

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