Kinew sits with First Nations leaders to honour children at school burial site

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew joined Indigenous leaders and elders on September 30, which is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, at Turtle Crossing Campground in western Manitoba. The campground contains a burial site where children who died at the Brandon Indian Residential School are believed to be buried. A black metal gate with "Brandon Residential School Cemetery" marks the area; it was used from 1908 to 1962 and is now owned by the provincial government in partnership with the City of Brandon.

The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation reports that more than 50 children are buried at this site. Kinew participated in a ceremony inside a teepee erected on the grounds, and he will unveil a memorial later in the day to honor the deceased children who attended the school. First Nations groups have pushed for investigations into these sites to uncover the number of children buried there and identify them.

This event highlights ongoing efforts to address Canada's dark history regarding Indigenous peoples and seeks reconciliation through remembrance and recognition of past wrongs committed against Indigenous communities in residential schools across the country.