RCMP officer Dean Lerat honoured for his DNA efforts to trace history and reunite families

RCMP officer Dean Lerat honoured for his DNA efforts to trace history and reunite families

Dean Lerat has created extensive family trees in the Treaty 4 area of Saskatchewan. He usually helps families who are Sixties Scoop and residential school survivors connect to family — so far helping over 15 families. Rachael Lerat reached out for help and later learned two acquaintances would be revealed as brothers.