https://globalnews.ca/news/7947060/manitoba-brandon-first-nation-residential-school-graves/
The Brandon Indian Residential School was a Canadian residential school for Indigenous children that operated from 1895 to 1972 in Brandon, Manitoba. It was run by the government and various religious organizations, including the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada.
The school was notorious for its harsh living conditions, physical and sexual abuse, and forced assimilation practices that aimed to strip Indigenous children of their cultural identities and language.
In recent years, the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential school sites, including one at the Brandon Indian Residential School, has heightened awareness of the trauma inflicted upon Indigenous peoples and sparked calls for justice and reconciliation.
As of late July 2021, the Sagkeeng First Nation had begun a search of the former site of Fort Alexander Indian Residential School, near Powerview-Pine Falls in Manitoba. The search made use of drone surveying and ground-penetrating radar. On June 6, 2022, the Nation announced they had identified 190 "anomalies" in the ground during the search: 137 in one area and 53 in another. The anomalies were not found at the site of the residential school. Having ruled out pipelines, sewer lines, and waterlines, work continued following the announcement to determine whether the anomalies were gravesites.
Following the announcement from Kamloops in 2021, consultation and a search began at the site of the former Sandy Bay Residential School on Sandy Bay First Nation. The search used ground-penetrating radar and drone imagery. Results of the search were presented to the community in May 2022, having identified 13 potential unmarked grave sites. Four of these sites were determined to have a "moderate probability" of being an unmarked grave and nine sites were assessed as possessing a "low probability" of being graves. Further steps had not been decided by the community as of May 29, 2022
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