Unmarked Graves
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USask researchers use FBI technology to find unmarked graves at residential school sitesMicaela Champagne, archaeology graduate student, said her team is using ground-penetrating radar to detect spaces underground to find unmarked graves around residential schools.CanadaJun 3
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Update on suspected Tke̓ mlúps burial site as nation signs historic agreementTke̓ mlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir says the excavation of the suspected unmarked graves of children who attended the Indian Residential School has not yet started.CanadaMar 28
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Mohawk Mothers and Duplessis orphans raise concerns over possible remains under SAQ warehouse siteThey want a full investigation to determine whether the land on which the provincial liquor board wants to build an automation centre has human remains.CanadaFeb 12
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Drone technology locating lost grave sites in southern AlbertaA group of students and researchers from the University of Lethbridge recently used some high flying technology to help southern Alberta communities' honour and protect their past.EnvironmentNov 22, 2023
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Northwestern Ontario First Nation ‘alerted’ to 22 areas of potential historic remainsA First Nation in northwestern Ontario says it has found 22 areas where human remains may be buried at the site of a former residential school.CanadaOct 30, 2023
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15 ‘potential’ gravesites found near former Yukon residential school15 potential graves were found near the site of former Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon. The potential gravesites were found using ground-penetrating radar.CanadaOct 3, 2023
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Mohawk Mothers worry possible evidence of human remains at McGill work site will be destroyedThe groups says workers could destroy evidence because they want to move material — without sifting it — from an area where sniffer dogs indicated human remains might be found.CanadaOct 2, 2023
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First Nation in B.C. says 158 children died at three residential school sites, hospitalSt. Mary's residential school opened in 1863. The school was relocated in 1882 and a new school was built in 1933. It closed in 1984.CanadaSep 21, 2023
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‘Truth telling gathering’ held in Regina, recalling residential school traumaThe Keeseekoose chief, Lee Katchemonia, said remembering the uncomfortable history is important for this generation of Indigenous people and the next.CanadaSep 17, 2023
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Mohawk Mothers step up legal fight in search for unmarked graves at former Montreal hospital siteA Quebec's Superior Court judge will hear a motion Thursday filed by a group of Indigenous women to stop new excavation work being done on the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.CanadaSep 13, 2023
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