Jane Stannus

The mystery of Canada’s indigenous mass graves

A makeshift memorial at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, 2021 (Getty)

When a young anthropologist claimed in late May 2021 that she had discovered 215 unmarked graves near the Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia, a wave of horror swept across Canada.

Local First Nations chief Roseanne Casimir said that her community had ‘knowledge’ that indigenous children who had died at the school were secretly buried in the nearby orchard.

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