The Tseshaht First Nation have begun their own search for unmarked graves and burial sites at the Alberni Indian Residential School.
They’ll use ground scanning radar, the same technology used to uncover 215 unmarked graves at the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Residential School last year.
The graves near Kamloops spurred on other searches. The searches have uncovered thousands of potential unmarked graves and burial sites across Canada. The investigation in Port Alberni will more than likely add to the list.
Wahmeesh, Ken Watts, is the elected chief of Tseshaht. He told APTN News they are searching to make sure children who never got the chance to tell their stories get a chance to be heard and validated one last time.
“It’s really for them, it’s really to justify