The Williams Lake First Nation has released an interim report stating that at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending the St. Joseph’s Mission Indian Residential School, significantly higher than the number recorded in the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation memorial register. The report details ongoing investigations using ground-penetrating radar and outlines potential future steps like exhumation and DNA testing.
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation memorial register.
"Some Canadians find it threatening or uncomfortable that residential school investigations are causing us to scrutinize our colonial history and acknowledge the damage caused by systems, policies, and institutions promoted in our country for generations," the report released on Friday concludes. The Catholic-run school operated from 1891 to 1981 about 500 kilometres northwest of Vancouver, and the area being searched covers 782 hectares of land.
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