Minegoziibe Anishinabe Chief says decision to excavate has been divisive, but search will provide closer examination of stories about burials beneath the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church
around the Pine Creek grounds. Many of the suspected graves were located within known burial grounds, but 14 of them lay beneath Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, prompting the community to call in the RCMP.
Chief Nepinak said the location of the 14 anomalies helped the community reach a consensus on digging. “It’s possible that someone was trying to hide something,” he said. “It suggests sinister intent. I think people want to focus on that.” “Many are putting up barriers up around the cemetery to mark it and commemorate it, and they’re done,” said Ms. Murray.
Other communities are exploring technology that would test the soil for the presence of human remains without removing any earth. “When bodies decompose they release an acid in the soil,” said Ms. Murray. “This technology tests for the presence of the acid.”
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