The Knowns and Unknowns of the Kamloops Burials

Drummers play and sing during a ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announcement of the detection of possible remains of 215 children at an unmarked burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on May 23, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Commentary

The announcement by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc indigenous band of Kamloops, B.C. on May 27, 2021, about finding remains of 215 children on the grounds of an Indian Residential School instantly became headline news worldwide, even though the band’s press release said that “At this time we have more questions than answers.”