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The process will later be followed by potential death investigations and forensic examination as well as repatriation and commemoration. All are subject to the communities' wishes

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The announcement follows the recent discovery of 215 unmarked children’s graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia

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The government says its three-year process will be guided by Indigenous leadership, with initial site identification the first step “in a much more extensive process” that will take into account the wishes of the affected communities

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