Ottawa: The chief of an Indigenous nation in Canada said Thursday investigators have found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children — a discovery that follows last month’s report of 215 at another school.
Chief Cadmusn Delmore of the Cowessess First Nation made the announcement at a news conference.
Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations said he expects more graves will be found on residential school grounds across Canada.
The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997 where Cowessess is now located, about 87 miles east of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan.
Delorme said at one time the graves were marked but those who operated the school removed the markers. “We are treating this as a crime,” he said.