The discovery of 171 “plausible burials” at a former residential school in northern Ontario has retraumatized the First Nation that announced the finding, its…
Wauzhushk Onigum Nation Chief Chris Skead said members of his community have been in shock since the finding was made at the site of the former St. Mary’s Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ont.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
Studies of the site, which were informed by survivors’ testimony, were being conducted by the First Nation’s technical, archeological and ground-penetrating-radar team since May. “We need those committed dollars, psychiatrists, mental health workers. We need treatment centres, things like that, because a lot of this is stemming from intergenerational trauma,” he said.
Robson added the ministry “has executed 22 funding agreements with two more nearing completion to support Indigenous partners’ work related to Indian Residential Schools.” Arndt said securing more funding from the province to continue those investigations and help start new ones has been a key priority for advocates and survivors since 2021, when the first set of remains in Canada was found on the grounds of a residential school in Kamloops, B.C.Article content
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