Oral history, limited records shed light on unmarked graves on Sask. First Nation

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Saskatchewan’s Cowessess First Nation says ground-penetrating radar recently found 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Residential School, but some answers about who might be buried there and what happened to the headstones can be found in the community’s oral history and some church documents.

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