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As of May 2024, investigations into the reported mass graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia have ended with no conclusive evidence of such graves.^[1] Despite significant resources invested in various investigative efforts, including fieldwork, archival searches, and securing the school site, no human remains have been found. Carolane Gratton, spokesperson for the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations confirmed the allocation of $7.9 million for these endeavors. In a statement, the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation reiterated their focus on the scientific work required but declined to discuss the $7.9 million allocation.^[2]

The article seems silent on the misleading nature of the initial media coverage that has since been walked back.

In 2021, the media announced the discovery of "mass graves" at residential schools based on ground-penetrating radar. Like the article says, some unmarked graves were found (some of which were known to exist, but just unmarked), but the initial media narrative was that thousands of children were found in mass pit graves. Some of the underground anomalies then turned out not to be bodies at all. A lot of "denialism" is fuelled by people denying this initial mischaracterization of the graves rather than denying that Residential Schools were terrible. And this article does a good job of stating accurately that they are "unmarked graves." I think the article is just incomplete without a discussion of how the narrative has been walked back - there wasn't a firestorm in 2021 because we were told there were unmarked graveyards at Residential Schools, there was one because we were told there were "mass graves"! I'd be happy to offer sources, but also this page seems contentious, so I wanted to ask for thoughts before editing. 2605:8D80:560:3AA1:79E7:45E3:629F:ADD (talk) 12:49, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source that describes this transition in narrative? I have seen similar statements in opinion pieces written for sources that are generally not reliable, but have yet to see RS coverage of this narrative. ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:30, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Under BC - Ahousaht

"The Catholic-run Christie Indian Residential School operated on Meares Island from 1900 to 1883 and was the last residential school to close in Canada." (ref. 43)

Date needs to be changed to 1900 to 1983, per reference 2604:3D08:947D:7F00:5C6A:1A6:22CD:9F33 (talk) 14:52, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thanks for spotting that. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please give this topic the editing and accuracy it deserves.

Kootenay

Maintenance workers came upon an "unknown and unmarked grave" in 2020. Scans with round-penetrating radar identifief additional anomalies.

ground - not "round" identified 2604:3D08:947D:7F00:5C6A:1A6:22CD:9F33 (talk) 15:02, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Good eye! ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:04, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

same sentence as "ground-penetrating radar" (under Kootenay)... " identifief" - should be "identified"

Thanks for being quick the edits! 2604:3D08:947D:7F00:5C6A:1A6:22CD:9F33 (talk) 18:25, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

third paragraph under Kootenay...

The band "sais" - should be "says" 2604:3D08:947D:7F00:5C6A:1A6:22CD:9F33 (talk) 18:28, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done! Thanks for spotting these! By the way, you can add further suggestions under the same section. Glad for your contributions! ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]