Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation calling for transparency, federal funding to locate unmarked graves

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation says 62 potential unmarked graves found on northern Alberta reserve

The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, in conjunction with the University of Alberta, announced Tuesday it has identified 62 potential unmarked graves after a two-year search of the reserve in northern Alberta.

Sturgeon Lake calls for redacted records regarding missing children

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is asking for improved access to information to determine how many of the community’s 202 missing children, who went missing between 1907 and 1968, died while attending residential school. The community leaders said they are “confident” 82 of the children have been located and may be in 62 unmarked graves near the former site of St. Francois Xavier boarding school,  also known as the Sturgeon Lake Residential School.  H…

First Nation says it has evidence dozens of children died attending residential school

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has spent years digging in provincial archives, looking for death records of children from the time a residential school operated on the nation.

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation calling for transparency, federal funding to locate unmarked graves

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is looking to Ottawa for funding as the search for human remains near the St. Francis Xavier Residential School.