Jawbone found in possible unmarked residential school grave

An indigenous nation in Canada said it has discovered evidence of possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school.

Star Blanket Cree Nation said a ground-penetrating radar had revealed the jawbone fragment of a small child and more than 2,000 “areas of interest”.

Those are not yet confirmed to be evidence of human remains.

But the fragment “is physical proof of an unmarked grave”, project lead Sheldon Poitras said on Thursday.

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