Like other measures put in place across Canada, the inspiration for the funding was the discovery of 215 dead Indigenous children buried in unmarked graves at a residential school site in Kamloops, B.C. last month. Since the discovery, First Nations leaders - including several chiefs in northern Manitoba - have called on different levels of government to help search other residential school sites for other unmarked graves. Manitoba has its own dark past with residential schools. A similar discovery to the one in Kamloops came this month in Brandon. A group led in part by the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation announced the discovery of 104 unmarked graves at the Brandon Indian Residential School, buried in three possible burial sites.
First Nations in northern Manitoba could have stricter enforcement of COVID-19 bylaws in their respective communities if they sign up for a new protocol announced by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak on Tuesday.
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