Saskatchewan First Nation to honour children who disappeared from residential school

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The Four Directions Stabilization and Assessment group home on the Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan. The building was formerly the Muskowekwan Indian Residential School which was run by the Oblate Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church and was also the site of unmarked graves that were unearthed during construction of a new sewer line in 1992.LESTOCK, Sask.

Elders and members of Muskowekwan First Nation are to place 35 children’s moccasins and shoes to honour those who disappeared from the Muscowequan Indian Residential School. The prayer vigil is also to honour 215 children whose remains were recently discovered on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says unmarked, unidentified graves were discovered on the site of the Muscowequan Indian Residential School during water line construction in the early 1990s.

In 2018 and 2019, with the use of ground-penetration radar, the First Nation found at least 35 unmarked graves on the site.The school opened in the 1880s and closed in 1997. Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.

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