Nineteen anomalies have been discovered utilizing ground-penetrating radar throughout a seek for unmarked graves on the web site of a former residential faculty northeast of Edmonton.
Initial findings from the search at Blue Quills residential faculty launched at this time describe the anomalies as reflections of curiosity, that means they’ve traits per burials however extra evaluation is required.
The report says the findings present a place to begin however it is going to be an extended journey to search out solutions round what occurred to the youngsters who by no means got here dwelling from the varsity.
Read extra:
169 potential unmarked graves discovered at St. Bernard’s Indian Residential School in northern Alberta
The Blue Quills residential faculty was began by Roman Catholic missionaries in Lac La Biche however later moved to the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and was relocated once more in 1931 to St. Paul.
In 1970, mother and father of youngsters on the Blue Quills faculty occupied the establishment and demanded its operation be turned over to the First Nation.
A report launched earlier this yr from an unrelated group discovered unpasteurized milk was chargeable for the deaths of Indigenous youngsters on the similar establishment.
