WINNIPEG — A First Nation in Ontario is working with a Winnipeg environmental assessment firm to help communities investigate sites of former residential…
Missanabie Cree First Nation, through its company ISN Maskwa, is partnering with Narratives Inc. to provide services related to searching unmarked graves and burials, accessing archival records and gathering testimony.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
ISN Maskwa is an offshoot of the private security and investigative services firm Investigative Solutions Network. The team has experience investigating homicides, sexual assaults and other violent offences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, said Nolan. Chief Jason Gauthier said in a statement that he hopes the partnership encourages other Indigenous-led initiatives to promote healing and work to find answers for communities.Article contentThe organization said getting access to records and funding are the biggest challenges.
The first step in investigations is to establish protocols for searches, ceremonies and rituals, said Sadiq. Then communities must decide what records need to be looked at.Article content
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