Thread by @CoyoteDreams

Residential school & genocide denialists argue that no bodies have ever been found.

A thread, because I'm tired of this. 1/

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1. Battleford Industrial "School" - 74 remains in unmarked graves were found in 1974
collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/index.php/Deta…

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2. Muscowequan Indian Residential "School" - 15 graves were disturbed in 1992 during water line work

www2.uregina.ca/education/sask…

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3. Dunbow Industrial "School" - 34+ remains in caskets were exposed by flooding in 1996
calgary.ctvnews.ca/they-have-to-b…

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4. Qu'Appelle Indian Residential "School" - remains found in 2023
nationalobserver.com/2023/01/13/new…

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5. Kamloops Industrial "School" - remains found by a tourist in early 2000s

kamloopsthisweek.com/local-news/exc…

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These are just a few.

See Missing Children of IRS for map & timeline - storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cfe29b…

Read the Where are the Children Buried? TRC report - nctr.ca/records/report…

See the IRSHDC - collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/index.php/Deta…

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Regardless,

1. "Schools" should *not* have cemeteries--there are written records of these cemeteries

2. There shouldn't be *any* remains of children buried on *any* "school" grounds--in unmarked graves or not

3. There are people alive today who collectively remember

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