Manitoba First Nation set to excavate area where potential unmarked graves may be

A First Nations community in western Manitoba is preparing to excavate the ground beneath a Catholic church after potential unmarked graves were found in the area using ground-penetrating radar. Minegoziibe Anishinabe, also known as Pine Creek First Nation, plans to unearth the area under the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows…

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Senate committee to question groups that have not released residential school records

A Senate committee is pledging to hold a hearing this fall to demand answers from organizations that have not released records tied to Canada’s residential school system. In a news release Wednesday, P.E.I. Sen. Brian Francis called it “disheartening” …

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Revered Elder passes away in Sault Ste. Marie

Friends and family are mourning the loss of a prominent First Nation man and revered Elder from Sault Ste. Marie who survived Canada’s residential school system and became an instrumental part of getting a federal government apology. Arnold Michael ‘Mike’ Frederick Cachagee, 83, passed away peacefully Saturday at Sault Area Hospital…

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Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school students

Archeologists resumed digging Tuesday at the remote site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska, searching for the remains of children who died there decades ago. The search for a hidden cemetery near the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Nebraska…

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