The Globe and Mail
March 1, 2022
The Kapawe’no First Nation in northern Alberta announced on Tuesday the discovery of 169 potential unmarked graves on the former grounds of the St. Bernard’s Indian Residential School, another in a growing number of school burial sites.
“Our little warriors have waited to find them and now we will ensure they rest in peace,” Chief Syd Halcrow said at a virtual news conference on Tuesday.
Kapawe’no First Nation, located near High Prairie, about 350 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, worked with the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University of Alberta and used ground-penetrating radar and a specialized drone to help identify anomalies that have traits associated with graves. The search area was determined after reviewing the testimonies of residential-school survivors.