Radar search for graves at site of former residential school in Delmas a long process
The radar search for graves at the former residential school site at Delmas could take many more months before it is fully complete.
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs project lead on the ground searches, Karen Whitecalf, says more areas for this site still need to be searched.
She said the land changed hands so it is not easy to know where the graves would be located exactly.
“The school was destroyed, so it was bull-dozed over. The graveyard was there but the land was sold, and people built on that land,” she said. “So there was a lot of work done to the land, which disturbed a lot of the unmarked graves. It’s a very unique situation we have in Delmas.”