Independent report details 48 findings about challenges of searches for unmarked graves

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Issues around access and preservation of residential school records and former sites, Indigenous data sovereignty and denialism are among the issues detailed in 48 findings in a new report from Canada’s independent special interlocutor about the search for unmarked graves over the past year.

The office of the independent special interlocutor of missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian residential schools released the interim report Friday.

The report identifies 12 common concerns raised by residential school survivors, Indigenous families and communities as they search for unmarked graves and missing children:

Access to and destruction of records.Access to and protection of sites.Complexity and timeline of

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