Efforts to search for missing, buried residential school children need to be Indigenous-led, chiefs say

'Give us the reins, give us the authority, you have proven you can’t watch our kids when you said you would,' says Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare, addressing the government, addding the search must be Indigenous-led.

Study period at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution in the Northwest Territories. Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says in the territory alone, more than 100 proposals have been filed to aid in the search for children buried at former residential schools. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

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BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR

July 20, 2021

With hundreds of unmarked graves discovered at four residential school sites this year, some First Nations chiefs are welcoming the federal funding for more searches, but say money needs to flow faster to carry out the much-needed work in their communities. Ontario R...

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