Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves near former residential school [View all]

The Cowessess First Nation announced a preliminary finding Thursday of 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near the former Marieval Indian Residential School.

The Marieval Indian Residential School operated from 1899 to 1996 in the area where Cowessess is now located, about 140 kilometres east of Regina. People from southeast Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba attended the school.

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"This is not a mass grave site. These are unmarked graves," Delorme said.

Delorme said there may have at one point been markers for the graves. He said the Roman Catholic church, which oversaw the cemetery,may have removed markers at some point in the 1960s.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cowessess-marieval-indian-residential-school-news-1.6078375


This is the tip of the iceberg, imo. There are at least 139 residential school sites yet to be searched for unmarked graves of indigenous children. There are two in my community, at least one, probably both, are going to be searched for unmarked graves.

Info from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission findings:

http://www.trc.ca/about-us/residential-school.html