The Saddle Lake Cree Nation, northeast of Edmonton, is investigating human remains believed to be of children found near the former Blue Quills Residential School site.
“For myself, I was shocked. I didn’t know what to do, except suggest putting them back into the same gravesite.”At a media event on Tuesday, community members said since around 2004 people have been accidently uncovering unmarked graves and a possible mass grave site., Saddle Lake Cree Nation formed a group called the Acimowin Opaspiw Society to investigate possible burial sites.
Jason Whiskeyjack, a Saddle Lake Cree Nation councillor, said he has also accidently found human remains over the years.
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