Find 751 graves in a boarding school for indigenous children in Canada
- The remains have been found at the Marieval boarding school in Cowessess, Switzerland. These schools were managed by the Church and the Canadian State between 1831 and 1997 to “civilize” indigenous children.
In Canada, 751 unidentified graves have been found in a boarding school used to “civilize” indigenous children. Burials are found at the Marieval School of Cowessess, in the center that remained open between 1899 and 1997. These barnetegis were managed by the Church and the Canadian State between 1831 and 1996, and forced native, mestizo and Inuite children to stay there to assimilate and integrate the culture of Canadian settlers. Many of them have reported being victims of mistreatment by their partners or ex-partners. A month ago, the remains of 215 children were found in another school in Kamloops.
On 24 June, the President of the First Nation of Cowessess, Cadmus Delorme, offered a virtual press conference to report on developments. According to the data provided, the technical team is investigating an area of some 44,000 square kilometres near barnetegi, using radars. So far, 751 unidentified graves have been found, although it has been reported that there may be more than one body per person in each burial. They are not sure that all the signs are from the school’s indigenous children, but they say they will confirm this in the coming weeks.
The Marieval boarding school was opened between 1899 and 1997, forcing children from the southeast of the province of Saskatchewan and indigenous children from the southwest of Manitoba to turn. Attendees have reported ill-treatment at school. Barry Kennedy was in Marievan when he was young, and as he explained to CBC, the discovery is no more than the “tip of the iceberg”: “There we learned what rape is (...) Violent blows. In our families we discovered things that were not normal.”
In search of liability
While the search work continues, several agents have asked for responsibilities. Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) described it as a "crime against humanity" last Thursday to the press. The UN has also called on the Government of Canada and the Vatican to conduct a rapid and comprehensive investigation into what happened in the barnetegis managed by them. The Catholic Church has not yet asked for forgiveness, which has provoked great indignation in the indigenous communities of Canada.
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