New documents reveal 43 more deaths at former Mohawk Institute, survivor-led group says ottnews ottawa
The total number of student deaths, according to documents obtained so far, is 97. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation only lists 48 deaths, while previous updates from the secretariat have said there were 54 deaths.
Sherlene Bomberry, a residential school survivor and member of the secretariat, said the new documents came through a collaboration with Know History, a professional historical research firm. The Mohawk Institute, one of the oldest and longest-running residential schools in Canada, opened in 1828 and closed in 1970. Some 15,000 students from 20 First Nation communities were at the school, many of whom were abused."We've also identified 16 children [who died and] whose names are not known that we're working on hoping to identify and others where the location of their grave is not known," she said.
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