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Northwest B.C. First Nation identifies potential unmarked graves at former Lejac Residential School site

Lejac Indian residential School operated from 1922 to 1976, impacting children from over 70 First Nations. 

Warning: This story contains distressing content about residential schools. 

Northwest B.C. First Nation Nadleh Whut’en has confirmed the identification of potential unmarked graves at the site of the former Lejac Indian Residential School, located at Tseyaz Bunk’ut near Fraser Lake.

Earlier in May, the First Nation had said it would search the residential school site using both ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometry to detect irregularities underground.

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