Unmarked graves found at another former residential school in Canada - The Washington Post

TORONTO — A First Nation in Canada says it has found “hundreds” of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in the prairie province of Saskatchewan, at least the second such horrific discovery in less than a month in the country, which is again confronting one of the darkest chapters of its history.

The Cowessess First Nation made the “horrific and shocking discovery” at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in the southeastern part of the province, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan.

The statement did not indicate how many graves had been found, but it described the discovery as “the most significantly substantial to date in Canada,” suggesting that the number would surpass the finding last month of the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.

“The news that hundreds of unmarked graves have been found in Cowessess First Nation is absolutely tragic, but not surprising,” tweeted Perry Bellegarde, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Remains of 215 Indigenous children discovered at former Canadian residential school site.

The Cowessess First Nation had long suspected there were many unmarked graves at the site, which is about 87 miles east of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan.

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