A Manitoba First Nation plans to search the grounds of a former residential school for potential unmarked graves.
In a statement Tuesday, Pimicikamak Cree Nation said it had identified the names of 85 children killed at St. Joseph, operating in Cross Lake, Man. between 1912 and 1969. The surviving records, however, are incomplete.
“Many of them are listed as ‘boys,’ as ‘girls,’ David Monias, Pimicikamak Cree Country Head, told reporters on Tuesday. “Forty percent of them only have names. Where do these children come from? ”
Run by the Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s is the main residential school in north Manitoba. Investigators plan to use ground-penetrating radar on a former school site, part of which is now a residential neighborhood.
