To be clear, are you questioning whether the individual graves marked by wooden crosses actually contain bodies, or whether other "mass graves" unmarked by crosses or tablets do?
I’m questioning how much of them were actually murdered, as alleged or strongly implied. It’s quite possible, in fact almost certain, that bodies will be found - we know a lot of kids died under the residential system. It’s more damning if the graves were never marked. But some of them may have been, and the markers disintegrated - they weren’t marked with expensive stone monuments, they were wooden crosses and so forth that have simply disintegrated away. There’s a big difference between the two - always unmarked implies something someone wants to hide, but the point is we can’t know until we exhume some bodies. And we don’t know what’s there, whether it’s bodies or not. It”s been pointed out that, if as alleged, these kids were murdered or neglected to death, these are crimes and some of the perps are alive today to go after for justice. It’s weird that some in the Indigenous leadership don’t want to do this, although I’m sure it’s not indicative of all leaders or their communities.
If there are bodies there, let’s exhume them and, maybe give them a proper Indigenous burial? But let’s find out how they died and, if possible, go after the perps if crimes have been committed.
The NY Times article is paywalled but I Googled and found it on the BBC, which notes that they were using GPR. It doesn't mention whether there were actual remains found. When I wrote the article I Googled to see if any had been found anywhere and I couldn't find anything. I'll look into this one a little more but the Times article, like the BBC one, is three years old. It must be emphasized that GRP is NOT proof; one MUST investigate to see what's actually underground.
Now, kids did die at these schools and bodies may well be found; it's been observed by others that not all these grave sites are unknown; and they may have been marked at one time with the markings having disintegrated over time--stone grave markers are a relatively new addition and most of these will have had wooden markers. Some of them will be genuine gravesites rather than 'mass graves' for hastily murdered people like we see in Nazi Germany, Cambodia, and other places where genuine genocide occurred. But I'll look into this more. Thanks for the heads up, HeartOpen!
To be clear, are you questioning whether the individual graves marked by wooden crosses actually contain bodies, or whether other "mass graves" unmarked by crosses or tablets do?
I’m questioning how much of them were actually murdered, as alleged or strongly implied. It’s quite possible, in fact almost certain, that bodies will be found - we know a lot of kids died under the residential system. It’s more damning if the graves were never marked. But some of them may have been, and the markers disintegrated - they weren’t marked with expensive stone monuments, they were wooden crosses and so forth that have simply disintegrated away. There’s a big difference between the two - always unmarked implies something someone wants to hide, but the point is we can’t know until we exhume some bodies. And we don’t know what’s there, whether it’s bodies or not. It”s been pointed out that, if as alleged, these kids were murdered or neglected to death, these are crimes and some of the perps are alive today to go after for justice. It’s weird that some in the Indigenous leadership don’t want to do this, although I’m sure it’s not indicative of all leaders or their communities.
If there are bodies there, let’s exhume them and, maybe give them a proper Indigenous burial? But let’s find out how they died and, if possible, go after the perps if crimes have been committed.
NYT reports that actual remains were found in Saskatchewan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/world/canada/indigenous-children-graves-saskatchewan-canada.html
The NY Times article is paywalled but I Googled and found it on the BBC, which notes that they were using GPR. It doesn't mention whether there were actual remains found. When I wrote the article I Googled to see if any had been found anywhere and I couldn't find anything. I'll look into this one a little more but the Times article, like the BBC one, is three years old. It must be emphasized that GRP is NOT proof; one MUST investigate to see what's actually underground.
Now, kids did die at these schools and bodies may well be found; it's been observed by others that not all these grave sites are unknown; and they may have been marked at one time with the markings having disintegrated over time--stone grave markers are a relatively new addition and most of these will have had wooden markers. Some of them will be genuine gravesites rather than 'mass graves' for hastily murdered people like we see in Nazi Germany, Cambodia, and other places where genuine genocide occurred. But I'll look into this more. Thanks for the heads up, HeartOpen!