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A group investigating a suspected communal grave near the site where Blue Quills (Sacred Heart) residential school stood in Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta says it hopes to begin an excavation as early as this summer.
Leah Redcrow, CEO of Acimowin Opaspiw Society (AOS), which represents survivors of Blue Quills residential school, said excavation is necessary at this point.
“It’s either we have to get it done or we let nature continue to do it and it’ll be a very, very, very horrific situation that will unfold within the next couple of years,” she said.
At a news conference on Wednesday, AOS defined a communal grave or pit as
