Nineteen anomalies had been discovered utilizing ground-penetrating radar throughout a seek for unmarked graves on the positioning of a former residential college northeast of Edmonton.
Preliminary findings from the search at Blue Quills residential college launched at the moment describe the anomalies as reflections of curiosity, that means they’ve traits in keeping with burials, however extra evaluation is required.
The report says the findings provide a place to begin, however it will likely be a protracted journey to seek out solutions about what occurred to the youngsters who by no means got here dwelling from college.
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169 potential unmarked graves discovered at St. Bernard’s Indian Residential College in northern Alberta
The Blue Quills residential college was began by Roman Catholic missionaries in Lac La Biche, however later moved to the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and was moved once more to St. Louis in 1931. Paul moved.
In 1970, dad and mom of kids on the Blue Quills college occupied the establishment and demanded that its operation be transferred to the First Nation.
A report launched earlier this 12 months from an unrelated group discovered unpasteurized milk was answerable for the deaths of indigenous youngsters on the similar facility.
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