Ground-penetrating radar has found 150 anomalies at the site of a former residential school, including 59 unmarked graves at a nearby cemetery.
A First Nation community in northern Manitoba says ground-penetrating radar has found 150 anomalies at and around the site of a former residential school, along with 59 unmarked graves at a nearby cemetery. Cutouts of orange T-shirts are hung on a fence outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021.
The anomalies — places where the ground has been disturbed — were found at depths of between one and two metres, Chief David Monias said Wednesday. “It’s quite shocking to hear that many , because you wonder how many missing children are there,” Monias said. Monias said the community wants help to continue the investigation. He is calling on the federal government to fund a followup search by the International Commission on Missing Persons, based in The Hague.“Today’s news out of Manitoba is devastating. Residential schools are a shameful reality of Canada’s history, and their painful legacy continues to be felt today,” Matthieu Perrotin, press secretary for Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree, wrote in an email.
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