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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Are the other sites also being checked for mass graves?
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:The bodies were found on the grounds of that particular school. There were over 10 such schools that ran in BC.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
About 215 bodies of children were located in an unmarked mass grave in/at Kamloops. These are believed to be from Residential Schools.
If somebody wants to post a linky to the story, that would be great.
Were these all different nations/tribes, or were they primarily one nation at Kamloops?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tk-eml%C3%BAps-te-secw
%C3%A9pemc-215-children-former-kamloops-indian-residential-school-1.6043778
https://globalnews.ca/news/7900737/bc-first-nation-childrens-bodies-ka
mloops-residential-school-site/
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/215-bodies-discovered-former-residential-153
900969.html
Vancouver Island had 5 such schools and a member of one of the tribes there started a "Go Fund Me" page to raise money for ground penetrating radar equipment to see if there are any graves.
At Kamloops the bodies would be from the Kamloops First Nations and Nations in that area.
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Ottawa has reports stating there are 3,000 dead and missing children for all of Canada. The National Assembly of Chiefs place the number at 6,000.
Personally for all of Canada, I place the number at 8,000 maybe more.
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Footnote
In the US there were 350 residential schools covering 30 states as far east as Wisconsin moving west up to Alaska.
Wikipedia gives a list of them.
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/international-criminal-court-called-investig
ate-194324537.html
I think this is important enough to quote the whole article:
International Criminal Court called on to investigate Kamloops residential school findings
Thu., June 3, 2021, 2:43 p.m.·4 min read
Preliminary findings of ground-penetrating radar at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried there. Now, a group of lawyers is calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican. (Andrew Snucins/The Canadian Press - image credit)
Preliminary findings of ground-penetrating radar at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried there. Now, a group of lawyers is calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican. (Andrew Snucins/The Canadian Press - image credit)
More than a dozen lawyers from across Canada have formally requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican for crimes against humanity following preliminary reports that the remains of an estimated 215 children were discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Fifteen lawyers, headed by Calgary counsel, have made the request to the ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan.
If it happens, the investigation could lead to the prosecution of "employees, agents and actors" of the Catholic Church and Government of Canada who were involved in either the creation and/or coverup of the burial grounds, said Calgary lawyer Brendan Miller.
"We don't know the names of these children. They were intended to be erased," Miller said.
"It has taken this event to shame people into action — the time for gestures is over."
Crimes against humanity
The ICC, which prosecutes cases only when countries are unwilling or unable to do so, has the power to compel involved parties to disclose all documents and information related to the investigation.
The lawyers say the deaths, graves and treatment of children who were under government and church care is evidence of crimes against humanity and they want the ICC to "do whatever it takes to unearth the facts."
Located in The Hague, the ICC has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute four types of crimes — one of which being crimes against humanity — which are "serious violations committed as part of a large-scale attack against any civilian population."
Included in the 15 types of crimes against humanity are murder, rape, imprisonment, enforced disappearances and enslavement – particularly of women and children.
1 in 50 children died at school
The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said last Thursday that preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds conducted by a 'specialist in ground-penetrating radar' indicated the remains of an estimated 215 children were on site.
The Truth and Reconcilliation Commission (TRC) previously recorded and published the names of more than 60 children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, but Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir has said the remains are "undocumented deaths."
More than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were placed in residential schools between the 1870s and 1990s.
At least 4,100 students — more than one in 50 — died while attending such schools. The TRC estimates the actual number could be 6,000 or higher.
'An obligation not felt'
The TRC released 94 calls to action six years ago, making six recommendations specific to missing children and burial grounds at residential schools including that the Government of Canada and the Vatican assist in uncovering the details.
"Thus far, neither the federal government nor the Vatican has taken the actions required to respond to thes
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/international-criminal-court-called-investig
ate-194324537.html
I think this is important enough to quote the whole article:
International Criminal Court called on to investigate Kamloops residential school findings
Thu., June 3, 2021, 2:43 p.m.·4 min read
Preliminary findings of ground-penetrating radar at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried there. Now, a group of lawyers is calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican. (Andrew Snucins/The Canadian Press - image credit)
Preliminary findings of ground-penetrating radar at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried there. Now, a group of lawyers is calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican. (Andrew Snucins/The Canadian Press - image credit)
More than a dozen lawyers from across Canada have formally requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican for crimes against humanity following preliminary reports that the remains of an estimated 215 children were discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Fifteen lawyers, headed by Calgary counsel, have made the request to the ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan.
If it happens, the investigation could lead to the prosecution of "employees, agents and actors" of the Catholic Church and Government of Canada who were involved in either the creation and/or coverup of the burial grounds, said Calgary lawyer Brendan Miller.
"We don't know the names of these children. They were intended to be erased," Miller said.
"It has taken this event to shame people into action — the time for gestures is over."
Crimes against humanity
The ICC, which prosecutes cases only when countries are unwilling or unable to do so, has the power to compel involved parties to disclose all documents and information related to the investigation.
The lawyers say the deaths, graves and treatment of children who were under government and church care is evidence of crimes against humanity and they want the ICC to "do whatever it takes to unearth the facts."
Located in The Hague, the ICC has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute four types of crimes — one of which being crimes against humanity — which are "serious violations committed as part of a large-scale attack against any civilian population."
Included in the 15 types of crimes against humanity are murder, rape, imprisonment, enforced disappearances and enslavement – particularly of women and children.
1 in 50 children died at school
The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said last Thursday that preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds conducted by a 'specialist in ground-penetrating radar' indicated the remains of an estimated 215 children were on site.
The Truth and Reconcilliation Commission (TRC) previously recorded and published the names of more than 60 children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, but Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir has said the remains are "undocumented deaths."
More than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were placed in residential schools between the 1870s and 1990s.
At least 4,100 students — more than one in 50 — died while attending such schools. The TRC estimates the actual number could be 6,000 or higher.
'An obligation not felt'
The TRC released 94 calls to action six years ago, making six recommendations specific to missing children and burial grounds at residential schools including that the Government of Canada and the Vatican assist in uncovering the details.
"Thus far, neither the federal government nor the Vatican hNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Thanks for the info.
Born and raised in WI, I didn't know about these.
St Mary's, Bad River Reservation, Odanah (I now wonder if I always heard that town mispronounced. I think much of The Bad River were in Ashland & Iron County, east and south of Ashland County.) Bad River Band, Lake Superior Tribe, Chippewa Indians. Ojibwe people.
Bayfield, Bayfield (west and north of Ashland, on Lake Superior)
Betthany Mission, Wittenburg (halfway between Wausau and Green Bay)
Red Springs, Gresham. (also Shawano County, east end)
Good Shepherd, Milwaukee.
Hayward, Hayward. (Sawyer Co, south and west of Ashland)
St. Joseph's, Keshena. (Reservation side of the border, from Shawano. Current locale of their Casino) - Menominee.
Lac du Flambeau, Lac du Flambeau (Vilas County, east and south of Ashland) - mostly Ojibwe tribe.
Oneida, Oneida Reservation, Oneida (next to Green Bay)
Tomah, Tomah. (north west of Wisconsin Dells)
Winnebago, Black River Falls (Jackson Co, Ho-Chunk Nation), moved to Neilsville in 1921.
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I'm glad that I could show you something about the US's history towards my ancestors.
That list included 2 schools in Montana
Fort Shaw Indian School
Bond's Mission School or Montana Industrial School for Indians run by Unitarians, Crow Indian Reservation near Custer Station Montana 1886-97.
My grandmother and her siblings could have been placed in either one.
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I wonder if this story would be as big today if not for that episode of FBI: MW from last year.
Or even if that ground penetrating RADAR would have become available.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I wonder if this story would be as big today if not for that episode of FBI: MW from last year.
Or even if that ground penetrating RADAR would have become available.
First Nations people across Canada have spoken of graves and the abuse suffered by children at these schools. The survivors have told all levels of government for years.
It's a big story as the ground penetrating RADAR has now provided the physical evidence to what the communities have been saying.
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