Researchers have also documented 67 students who died and are calling for access to records of the province’s three Indian hospitals where some students were sent, and didn’t return
Geological scans point to at least 17 unmarked graves on the property around the former Alberni Indian Residential School on Vancouver Island, the Tseshaht First Nation says.released Tuesday, researchers retained by the nation have also documented 67 students who died, and are calling for access to records of the province’s three Indian hospitals where some students were sent, and didn’t return.
“A total number will never be known,” said Sheri Meding, lead researcher. She said the overwhelming cause of death was illness owing to the unhealthy conditions at the school. The researchers based their findings on accounts from survivors, who were able to point to multiple locations of unmarked graves. As well, the team combed through what records they could find, but Ms. Meding noted that much of the documentation is incomplete or misleading.
Survivors of the Alberni institution were on the forefront in pushing for justice for Canada’s residential-school system.
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