KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he is “horrified and heartbroken” to learn of the discovery of a burial site with 215 children on the Kamloops IndianThe Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation said new ground-penetrating technology was able to show the remains of the children, whose deaths are believed to be undocumented but are known within the community.
The commission noted in its 2015 report that officials in 1918 believed children at the school were not being adequately fed, leading to malnutrition. He said the legacy of colonialism leads to modern-day trauma and health issues in Indigenous communities.
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