Ontario coroner investigates 2020 finding of child's remains near former Mohawk Institute Residential School
CBC
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
Ontario's chief coroner is now investigating the August 2020 discovery of a child's remains in an unmarked grave in Brantford, Ont., to determine if there's a connection to the former Mohawk Institute residential school.
The Survivors' Secretariat, set up by Six Nations of the Grand River and residential school survivors, is stressing the need for caution until the investigation is complete and more facts are determined.
The secretariat was set up following a finding in May of potential burial sites in Kamloops, B.C., at the site of a former residential school. The 200 potential burial sites were identified using ground-penetrating radar (GPR).
In the Brantford investigation, Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner has released few details about the remains unearthed in August 2020 near Glenwood Drive. The far end of the drive is a five-minute drive from the Woodland Cultural Centre, which occupies the main buildings of the residential school today.
In a statement to CBC, the coroner's office said the investigation is ongoing, but it's determined the deceased person is a "youth, likely less than 14 years old.
"We do not know the sex of the deceased person or whether the person is Indigenous," it adds. "We are hoping to determine this ... to assist in identifying this young person."
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