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Article content The Alberta government is offering $8 million in grants for First Nations, Métis communities and organizations to research unmarked burial sites and undocumented deaths at former residential schools in the province. Premier Jason Kenney and Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson made the announcement Wednesday, weeks after discovery of the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta pledges $8M for First Nations to research burial sites at residential schools Back to video “We have now been reminded that there have been many of those students who were buried in unmarked graves or graves that had been lost,” Kenney said.

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