A mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children has been discovered on the grounds of a former residential school in the interior of southern British Columbia in Canada. The Kamloops Indian residential school was established in 1890 under the leadership of the Roman Catholic church, and closed in 1978. A plaque is seen outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on Tk’emlups te Secwpemc First Nation in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. During an epidemic it is impossible to properly isolate the patients and contacts.”Violence against the Kamloops residential school students continued until its closure. The TRC has calculated at least 3,201 residential school deaths, although the true total may never be known due to unaccounted deaths and destroyed files.

Source: The Irish Times May 29, 2021 09:25 UTC