Millions spent and still no graves

According to a report from the Western Standard, the federal government has confirmed that it had given $7.9 million dollars to uncover the “heartbreaking truth” surrounding claims of a mass grave next to a former residential school near Kamloops, BC.  In spite of this funding, no bodies have been discovered on the site to date, and there also has been no disclosure of how the funds were used by the First Nation.

In 2021, media outlets around the world shared the story of the “mass grave” of 215 indigenous children that was detected near the former residential school. Hundreds more “plausible burials” were reported at numerous other sites following then, prompting an outcry that has continued till this day.

As Reformed Perspective previously detailed in an extensive article on this topic, it is critical to determine whether these plausible burials are actual graves, because when truth is verified, trust is built, and a foundation exists for genuine justice and reconciliation. To this point, all we still have are questions.

Undated photo is of Kamloops Indian Residential School, from the Oblate Fathers Ontario collection at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (10a-c000432-d0007-001).