First Nations leaders and politicians called Tuesday a “sombre” day, following the announcement that what are believed to be 54 unmarked graves were found at two former residential school sites around Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan.
But the discovery is essential to revealing the truth about the schools, they said.
On Tuesday, the eastern Saskatchewan community shared the news that ground-penetrating radar surveys had found 54 “hits” — 42 on the former Fort Pelly school site and 12 at the site of the former St. Philips residential school.
The search efforts at the locations in Keeseekoose were guided by the oral history shared by survivors and
