Published Saturday, July 17, 2021 4:53PM EDT
Last Updated Saturday, July 17, 2021 4:53PM EDT
DELMAS, SASKATCHEWAN - For elder Jenny Spyglass, returning to the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan where a search for unmarked graves is underway brought back memories of what she lost.
Spyglass, now in her 70s, was taken to the Delmas/Thunderchild Indian Residential School, located 160 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, when she was three years old.
Her brother died there of starvation at age four, she said.
“This is where they took my culture away,” she said. “They took my language away from me. They took that love away from my mom. A two- or three-year-old girl would love to have their mom with them every day, every morning, feeding them, loving them. I didn't have that, growing up.”