Remains Of 215 Children Found At Closed Indigenous School In Canada

Canada: Kamloops Indian Residential School was the largest of 139 boarding schools set up in the late 19th century.

The remains of 215 children have been discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Canada's indigenous people, according to a local tribe. A specialist used ground-penetrating radar to confirm the remains of the students who attended the school near Kamloops, British Columbia, the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc tribe said in a statement late Thursday. "Some were as young as three years old," said chief Rosanne Casimir, calling it "an unthinkable loss that was spoken about but never documented" by school administrators. Its preliminary findings are expected to be released in a report next month, she said.