Unless something changes, the former McIntosh Indian Residential School (IRS) will not be searched any further for unmarked graves.
Representatives from Grassy Narrows First Nation say they have been informed by federal officials that funding for searching for graves at the area IRS has not been approved ahead of the end of the current fiscal year, leaving those who were hopeful for the search with little to no recourse.
“This decision places at risk work that has already revealed more than a hundred unmarked burials at the site, with more graves expected to be found, and work that has provided former students, survivors, and families with critical information about children who never returned home,” the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project said via media release following the decision.
