Chief says excavation of Manitoba church basement found no evidence of human remains

 

No evidence of human remains has been found during the excavation of a Catholic church basement on the site of a former Manitoba residential school.

Chief Derek Nepinak of Minegoziibe Anishinabe shared the results of the four-week excavation in a social media video Friday. He said the outcome takes “nothing away from the difficult truths experienced by our families who attended the residential school in Pine Creek.”

The First Nation, northwest of Winnipeg, hired an archeological team from the University of Brandon to do the excavation earlier this summer. It is the same team that assists police on archeological digs and excavations in the province.

Nepinak said he is aware the results will feed into a denialist narrative of what happened at residential schools and urged people to continue supporting the search for truth.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/chief-says-excavation-of-manitoba-church-basement-found-no-evidence-of-human-remains/article_ab12f65f-0be5-5e79-aa8e-621ae1bb625c.html