Possible Unmarked Graves Found at Residential School in Saskatchewan

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Eighty-three areas of interest located during search for unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school

English River First Nation Chief Jenny Wolverine says in a news release that many of the sites located at the Beauval Indian Residential School were labelled as “child-sized” or “subadult.”

The residential school near La la Plonge, a glacial lake in northern Saskatchewan, was operated by the Roman Catholic Church from 1906 to 1969 when it came under federal control.The Meadow Lake Tribal Council took full control of the school in 1985 and the residence was closed 10 years later.has a record of 52 children’s deaths at the school.

The First Nation said National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has a vast number of records about the school, including handwritten records in French that are being translated.

 

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