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Canadian police have revealed that they have been investigating abuse allegations at a former residential school for indigenous children since 2011.

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Canada First Nations demand court release Catholic Church 'compensation' document

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents First Nations in Canada's Saskatchewan, demands that a Roman Catholic Church document claiming that the church provided 25 million dollars in "in-kind services" to residential school survivors be immediately released.

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Graves of more indigenous children found in Canada

A Canadian 1st Nations group in Saskatchewan has revealed that the remains of hundreds of people, mostly children, were discovered at the site of a former Catholic boarding school.

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Hundreds of bodies found near another former residential school in Canada

Hundreds of unmarked graves, many believed to be children, have been found at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.

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Pope Francis expresses sorrow over church-run school deaths, but offers no apology

Pope Francis has expressed pain over the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a mass grave at a former indigenous church-run boarding school in Canada. He, however, offered no apology.

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Children mass grave reopens wounds for Canada’s indigenous survivors

The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Canada has reopened wounds among indigenous survivors of colonial Canadian schools.

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Remains of indigenous children found in Canada

The remains of more than 200 indigenous children, some as young as three years old, have been discovered in a mass grave at the site of a former Church run residential school in Canada, opening up old wounds for Indigenous people across Canada.

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