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March 2, 2022

Another 169 Suspected Indigenous Graves Found at Residential School in Canada
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In Canada, the Kapawe'no First Nation community has discovered at least
169 potential mass graves on the grounds of the former Grouard Mission
residential school in northern Alberta. Hundreds of other unmarked
graves have recently been found at former residential school sites
across Canada. An estimated 150,000 Indigenous children attended these
boarding schools between the late 1800s and 1990s, funded by the
Canadian government and run by the Catholic Church. Children were ripped
from their families and sent to the schools, where many were subjected
to psychological, physical and sexual abuse. Canada's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission documented at least 4,100 deaths.


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