Five years and $12M later, Kamloops band says “no consensus” on 215 alleged graves
After five years and $12 million probing claims that 215 children were buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, the First Nation says “full consensus may never be achieved.”
After five years of investigation and $12 million spent on the sensational claim that the remains of 215 children were allegedly buried beneath the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, the British Columbia First Nation undertaking the search now admits “full consensus may never be achieved” about the bodies.
“Outcomes could be to preserve the orchard as a Sacred Site – a place of memory and healing – or excavate,” reads a release from the office of Chief Rosanne Casimir of Tk̓emlúps te Secwépem.
