Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc calls the discovery “unthinkable.”The band confirmed on Thursday that it has found the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.Chief Rosanne Casimir says the presence of the remains was “a knowing” in the Tk’emlups community, but was confirmed this past weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.
Indigenous minister says more must be done to support First Nations mental health The Tk’emlups Heritage Park is now closed to the public as work continues, with the potential crews may find more remains.The children, some as young as three, were students at the school, which was once the largest in Canada’s residential school system.Casimir says it’s.