Spiritual advisers were to lead a pipe ceremony in Minegoziibe Anishinabe while a sacred fire was to be lit near where potential graves of children forced to attend residential school may be. He believes Minegoziibe Anishinabe is one of the first communities in Canada to begin excavating after detecting potential unmarked graves at former residential school sites. An estimated 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools. The federal government appointed Kimberly Murray as a special interlocutor on unmarked graves and committed to funding search efforts. The Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program has a hotline to help residential school survivors and their relatives suffering from trauma invoked by the recall of past abuse.

Source: Daily Nation July 24, 2023 13:50 UTC