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Canada Finds New Potential Mass Burial at Ex-School for Indigenous Children

People from Mosakahiken Cree Nation hug in front of a makeshift memorial at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, People from Mosakahiken Cree Nation hug in front of a makeshift memorial at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility,  - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.01.2023InternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least 66 more potential unmarked graves have been discovered at a site of a former boarding school for Indigenous children in the westernmost Canadian province of British Columbia, media reported on Thursday. Schools of this kind were established in Canada by the Indian Civilization Act of 1819 and existed through the 1960s to culturally assimilate Indigenous children by relocating them from their families and communities and forcibly suppressing their native identities, languages and beliefs. One of the local tribes found a potential burial place at the site of the boarding school 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) away from the city of Williams Lake. The school operated from 1886-1981 under the control of the Catholic Church and later was managed by the federal government, the news broadcaster reported. 'Cultural Genocide': Looking Back at Canada's Indigenous Residential Schools - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.06.2021MultimediaLooking Back at Canada’s Indigenous Residential Schools7 June 2021, 09:27 GMTMore than 150,000 children studied in such schools in Canada. At least 3,200 pupils died as a result of ill-treatment and absence of care in these boarding schools. In May 2021, the remains of 215 children aged three and over were found in British Columbia at the site of a former Indigenous boarding school. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the practice of establishment of such institutions and called it a “tragedy.”

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