Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan, Canada discover 54 unmarked graves at former boarding school site
On February 15, local time, the Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada announced that they used ground penetrating radar technology to discover 54 unmarked graves at two former boarding school sites.
The two boarding schools were formerly St. Philip's Residential School and Fort Pelly Residential School, both on First Nations-owned Kamsack land. .
The tribal chief, Lee Ketchemonia, said the discovery would bring something to light and raise questions about what happened in the first place.
The Canadian National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation said widespread sexual abuse and corporal punishment had occurred at St. Philip's boarding school, which also led to the dismissal of the school's director at the time.
The Fort Paley boarding school has recorded two student deaths.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Sen)