Manitoba says there were six First Nation communities actively carrying out searches using ground-penetrating radar as of last December
Indigenous organizations in Manitoba, officials from the city of Winnipeg and the provincial and federal governments are forming a council to support searches for burial sites of children who attended residential schools.
Principles for the work are to include putting families and survivors at the heart of all search efforts, offering health supports and protecting burial locations and remains. The council will also include representatives from residential school health support programs, tribal councils and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
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