Memorials planned for unmarked graves found at Saskatchewan residential school site

In Saskatchewan, members of the Cowessess First Nation are planning more tributes, to mourn for the hundreds of children believed to be buried in 751 unmarked graves near a former residential school.

Eagleclaw Bunnie Thom grew up just outside La Ronge, Sask. and although he didn’t attend a residential school, the reality of it was all around him.

“My father escaped residential school a few times. The last time he escaped residential school, he ran all the way to Calgary at the age of 16,” Thom said.

Thom said he recently spoke with his uncle about the news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at Marieval Indian Residential School. His uncle believes they have relatives among the buried.

As Heather Yourex-West reports, traumatic memories have returned and wounds have reopened for those connected to the school.

Anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience can access this 24-hour, toll-free and confidential National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.

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