Remains of 215 indigenous kids found at former Canada residential school

The remains were found with the help of a ground penetrating radar specialist. Pic/Andrew Snucins/The Canadian Press, via AP

The remains of 215 indigenous children were discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops in western Canada, authorities said, adding that an investigation into the matter has been launched. In a press release on Friday, the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations said, "It is unknown how many children died and disappeared while attending residential schools in Canada with few known locations of their resting sites."

Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of ground-penetrating radar at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Among the 215 children, some were three years old. The children were assumed to have run away or been lost in Canada's residential school system. Casimir called the discovery an "unthinkable loss that was spoken about but never documented".

The residential school was one of the largest from 1890 until 1969 when the federal government took over the administration before its closing in 1978. "The finding of these graves refreshes the grief and loss for all First Nations in British Columbia," said Regional Chief Terry Teegee of British Columbia Assembly of First Nations.

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