FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

By paNOW Staff

Saskatchewan government pledges $2 million for residential school site research

Jun 18, 2021 | 4:39 PM

The Saskatchewan government will be financially supporting the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) as they start their research into undocumented deaths and burials on former residental school sites in the province.

First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs Minister Don McMorris announced a $2 million pledge of provincial funding for the project and called on the federal government to match the investment.

“The $2 million announced today by the province of Saskatchewan will help ensure this work can begin, and help bring peace to those who suffered under the residential school system, and peace of mind to those who continue to suffer from its effects,” McMorris said in a media release.

The FSIN has already identified former residental school sites Muskowekwan, Onion Lake St. Anthony’s, Beauval, Guy Hill, Lebret and Sturgeon Landing as possible research sites and the provincial government is expecting that list to grow. The $2 million will support these initial projects as well as those in the future.

The FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said this is a good start to what will be a long and vital process.

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“This work will take years to complete and proper ceremony and protocol must be followed at every site. Elders, knowledge keepers, survivors, their decsendents, and First Nations communities must be a part of this process every step of the way. This work is vital for many of these survivors who have been sharing their stories for years. We must come together to help them heal.”

The FSIN is currently working on an approach to helping First Nation communities carry out this research. Many Indigenous communities across Saskatchewan, “have already announced their intention to carry out investigations into former school sites in their communities.”

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