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The distressing discovery of at least 215 Indigenous children at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School has prompted many to question just how many lives ended at the institutions across Canada.
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The former Kamloops Indian Residential School is seen on Tkâemlups te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C. on Thursday, May 27, 2021. The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Snucins May 28, 2021 - 5:40 AM KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said in a news release Thursday that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.
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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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