‘Needles in haystacks’ search for remains at Delmas residential school
Global News
The remains of one child were found near the former site of a residential school in Delmas, Sask.
A ground-penetrating radar search has expanded to include oral history to be completed by SNC-Lavalin and Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc. (BATC) at the former site of a residential school near Delmas, Sask.
“We need to collect all the oral stories from First Nations people that were there,” BATC director Neil Sasakamoose said. “We also need to collect stories from non-First Nations people.”
Sasakamoose said the search is needles in haystacks and adds that the best information on the Delmas residential school is coming from non-Indigenous people. People have been approaching the team to inform them of what they remember. They are using every possible source they can find.
“We have been looking for kids. Our story right now is we don’t have any. We found one kid,” said Sasakamoose. “We haven’t been fortunate to add to the big list of the kids that were found.”
BATC is looking after two residential schools: the St. Henri residential school near Delmas and the Battleford Industrial School. Sasakamoose says it’s a very difficult project as the search is hitting roadblocks.
The team has found remains of a 13-year-old boy who was located a mile away from the Delmas residential school. Sasakamoose said they believe the boy died in 1910.
“Someone put a marker on his (grave),” said Sasakamoose. “He’s our only identifying (child) right now.”
Sasakamoose said children who attended this residential school were moved several times. The team is stretching its location search by going back into history.
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