Canada: 182 unmarked graves found at another residential school
Al JazeeraWarning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. An Indigenous community in western Canada has found 182 unmarked graves near a former boarding school for Indigenous children, the latest such discovery in recent weeks. Various churches, including most notably the Roman Catholic Church, ran at least 139 residential schools across Canada, and thousands of Indigenous children are believed to have died while attending the institutions. Late last month, 215 Indigenous children’s remains were found at Kamloops Indian Residential School in BC, while as many as 751 unmarked graves were discovered at Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan last week. And now in that same shadow lie 182 who never did escape from its dark shadow.” According to the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, “an Indian Agent reported in 1935 that, as a result of poor food, overwork, and sickness, he had to force parents to send their children” to St Eugene’s Mission School.