N.W.T. community built memorial to name its residential school victims. It was just a start
In the early 1990s, Albert Lafferty led a push to ensure the old burial ground near the former residential school in Fort Providence, N.W.T., would never be developed. For some, the work done to find out who was buried there brings a degree of closure.
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For some, work done to find out who was buried near residential school brings a degree of closure
CBC News ·
Posted: Jul 04, 2021 2:00 AM CT | Last Updated: July 4
A monument in Fort Providence, N.W.T., memorializes around 300 people buried in unmarked graves, including 161 children who were brought to a residential school in the community from up and down the Mackenzie River Valley.(Kate Kyle/CBC)
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