'Historical occasion' for Sioux Valley as Manitoba buys site with unmarked residential school graves
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A First Nation community in southwestern Manitoba will be responsible for guiding decisions around the future of a Brandon campground that historical records indicate holds the graves of children who attended a residential school in the area.
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Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief Jennifer Bone at the site of the Brandon Residential School cemetery site on Tuesday. The province of Manitoba has partnered with the City of Brandon to buy the property — a confirmed burial site associated with the former residential school that had become a privately owned campground. (Chelsea Kemp/CBC)
A First Nation community in southwestern Manitoba will be responsible for guiding decisions around the future of a Brandon campground that historical records indicate holds the graves of children who attended a residential school in the area.
The province of Manitoba has partnered with the City of Brandon to buy the Turtle Crossing Campground property — a confirmed burial site associated with the former Brandon Indian Residential School, the province said in a Tuesday news release.
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