The shíshálh Nation says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the former St. Augustine’s Residential School.
A statement from the nation on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says it listened to elders and survivors of the residential school and stories shared of missing children have now been confirmed.
It says it has completed the first two phases of its work.
The nation asks that people not focus on the number, and to not become desensitized to the idea of unmarked graves, as Indigenous communities across the country continue to reveal details of ground searches.
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