BREAKING: More than 2,000 anomalies found during radar search of former Sask. residential school site, officials say
The anomalies found have not been confirmed to be human remains and could be stones, soil or pieces of wood, according to Sheldon Poitras, Star Blanket's ground search project leader.
However, Poitras also said on Oct. 2 they discovered a jaw bone fragment believed to be 125 years old from a child who was five or six years old at the time.Poitras said that has been confirmed by File Hills Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroners Office. “Our hearts are heavy today, this has been a very difficult time,” Star Blanket Cree Nation Chief Michael Starr said.
The search, conducted by AXIOM Exploration Group, began on Nov. 8, 2021 and will cover more than 55 acres of land once fully complete. The site of the former school is located in the village of Lebret, Sask. about 80 kilometres northeast of Regina.In 1951, the school was one of the first residential schools to offer high-school education. It also allowed Aboriginal languages in its early years of operation, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation said.After its first nine years of operation the school claimed to have discharged 174 students, 71 of whom had died.
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