The ceremony took place at the St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Church, which served as a residential school for more than half of a century.

There was a significant increase in the number of deaths reported to Saskatchewan’s child advocate last year.

The federal government has said the overhaul of Indigenous child welfare will reduce the number of kids in care by affirming the inherent rights of First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.

The federal government wanted the court to remove any deadline for payment and give it a chance to come up with a compensation package outside the confines of the order.

``It's about accepting responsibility as adults towards children and doing the right thing,'' Cindy Blackstock said.

The tribunal's ruling came shortly before the start of the federal election campaign and has bolstered criticism of Trudeau's commitment to reconciliation.

The Federal Court is set to rule on whether to uphold a decision that calls on Ottawa to give billions of dollars to Indigenous children placed in foster care.

The tribunal's September ruling to compensate First Nations children came shortly before the start of the federal election campaign.

Singh met with Trudeau in Ottawa today to try to leverage his party's position in a minority government.

The tribunal said the government "wilfully and recklessly" discriminated against Indigenous children living on reserves by not properly funding child and family services.