169 Potential Unmarked Graves Found at the Former Canadian St. Bernard’s Indian Residential School

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A team from the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology conducted a search in October 2021 at the former site of St. Bernard’s Indian Residential School.

GROUARD, Alberta — A total of 169 potential unmarked graves were discovered on the grounds of a Catholic boarding school in Alberta, Canada, the Kapawe’no First Nation announced Tuesday, continuing the uncovering of a dark history at Indigenous boarding schools.

The Indigenous tribe, located more than 200 miles northwest of Edmonton, said a team from the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University of Alberta conducted a six-day search in October 2021 at the former site of St. Bernard’s Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and drone imaging.

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