Search uncovers 171 ‘plausible burials’ near Ontario residential school
Posted January 17, 2023 2:22 pm.
Last Updated January 17, 2023 2:24 pm.
Wauzhushk Onigum Nation in northern Ontario says it has uncovered 171 “plausible burials” in a study of unmarked graves within cemetery grounds at a former residential school site.
The news comes just days after a First Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has discovered more than 2,000 areas of interest and a child’s bone was separately found at the site of one of the longest-running residential schools in the country.
Areas for the Saskatchewan search were selected after testimonials from former students and elders who witnessed or heard stories of what happened at the residential school about 75 km northeast of Regina.
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