The First Nations in Cowessesse, Saskatchewan, Canada, held a memorial ceremony in Marieval at 19:51 on June 26, local time, to pay tribute to the 751 unearthed found at the former site of the Marieval Indian Boarding School. Mark the undead in the grave.
That night, people put on orange clothes and lit 751 lights, representing all the dead in the 751 unmarked tombs.
In the traditional drums, singing and prayers of the aborigines, people bless these dead souls in a traditional way.
In their speeches, the chiefs and elders of the aboriginal people said that the owners of these unmarked tombs were aboriginal people from all over the world, and many of them were children and teenagers.
After the mourning activities, two aboriginal youth organizations placed these 751 lamps on 751 unmarked graves confirmed by the ground penetrating radar. The graves that had been unknown for many years finally had their marks.
After the remains of a large number of Aboriginal children and unmarked graves were discovered at the former boarding school sites in Kamloops and Maryvale, local people's calls for investigation of all boarding schools throughout Canada have become increasingly louder.
Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) pointed out that Canada's boarding school system is "a crime against humanity."
The governor of Saskatchewan, Scott Moe, called on the federal government to inspect all boarding schools in the province.
(Producing Li Jiali)
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