Society and Culture

Indigenous experts grapple with next steps for site of Kamloops residential school

Experts call for residential school survivor support, say at least 1 in 5 residential school student deaths took place in Alberta

Various Contributors - 3 June 2021

Crystal Fraser, History and Classics/Faculty of Native Studies (left), Kisha Supernant, Anthropology, Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (right)

Our Faculty is moved by and stands behind the powerful statements from Kisha Supernant, Crystal Fraser, and Florence Glanfield on the graves of children who went missing at the Kamloops Indian residential school. We are grateful for their leadership on this painful legacy.

Finding and honouring unmarked burials of Indigenous people in Alberta multi-year, 'monumental' effort: experts

Commentary by Crystal Fraser:

'We hope we find nothing': St. Albert's Métis community plans search for unmarked graves

What we know about how many children died at Canada's residential schools

'There will be more remains found': Indigenous U of A prof says technology would find more unmarked graves in Alberta

Audio Interview with Crystal Fraser

Indigenous Groups Demand Action After Remains of 215 Children Found in Former Canadian Residential School

What to do with Sir John A. Macdonald? Kamloops discovery latest dark chapter in a history of Canada’s first PM that is being rewritten

University of Alberta’s Indigenous Canada course sees enrolment boost

Survivor of school where remains of 215 Indigenous children were found recounts abuse: "We were told we were ugly"

Commentary by Kisha Supernant:

How Thousands of Indigenous Children Vanished in Canada