Some priorities include the establishment of oversight bodies to represent families and survivors’ complaints, a task force to re-investigate unresolved files and a justice-reform committee.
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Governments need “to begin immediate research” on undocumented deaths and burials at Saskatchewan residential schools after the remains of 215 children were found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says.
“There are hundreds of children here in Saskatchewan that also did not return home from residential schools and sanitoriums across the province,” FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said in a statement.
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Prince Albert Daily Herald
Campaign running in 20 communities across three provinces until May 23
The Prince Albert Police service is hoping that digital billboards will help uncover new leads in a handful of unsolved missing persons cases.
The police service is funding a billboard campaign across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba in an effort to generate new information into long-term missing persons investigations and raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People from the local community. From May 10 until May 23, more than 20 communities will see digital billboard ads including photos and information about the files under investigation. Police are still seeking information and helping that a witness or even a perpetrator will see the ads and come forward with information.
Marilyn Stone wipes away tears as she grips a picture of her deceased aunt. She wants no other family to go through what her family went through, she said.
Stone was among a number of participants in a stand of solidarity in Prince Albert, coinciding with national “Red Dress Day” a day to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
“It’s just not fair. There are so many beautiful people missing in our communities and we need to find them. We need to not forget,” she said. “They’re all somebody’s child, mother, or sister.”