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Saddle Lake Cree Nation is examining possible Blue Quills residential school burial sites.

Saddle Lake Cree Nation revealed on Tuesday that since 2004, there have been numerous discoveries of partial remains that were accidentally excavated while new graves were being dug in the community's cemetery, which is near the former Blue Quills residential school site.Priests and brothers at Saddle Lake for the OMI silver jubilee anniversary of Brother Joseph Lacroix.

"There were children-sized skeleton remains that were excavated. None of these skeleton remains were in caskets," Saddle Lake council member Jason Whiskeyjack said at a news conference on Tuesday.Last year, Saddle Lake Cree formed the Acimowin Opaspiw Society to investigate possible burial sites.

The records were provided to investigators by the Diocese of St. Paul, diocese staff member Catherine Warholik confirmed on Tuesday.However, Warholik said that the burial records are for the parish, not specifically for the residential school, and that Bishop Paul Terrio says neither registers nor burial records for the school have been found.

Large and Whiskeyjack said they themselves are among the community members who have discovered remains in the past while helping dig new graves, adding that when remains are found, they are reburied."I don't recall because I always blocked that out of my mind, try to find a way to block it out of my mind," he said.In May 2021, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc in Kamloops, B.C.

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