Potential unmarked graves identified at B.C.’s Lejac residential school: First Nation [Video]

WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools.

A First Nation in north-central British Columbia says it has discovered several potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a residential school, following the use of ground-penetrating radar.

The Nadleh Whut’en First Nation announced the preliminary findings of an ongoing search of the grounds of the Lejac Indian Residential School on Saturday afternoon.

The First Nation has always known children were buried at the church-run institution because many of their graves were marked in a cemetery that had been there since 1922, when the school opened. However, the survey’s findings suggest a number of unmarked graves as well, said Nadleh Whut’en Chief Beverly Ketlo at a news conference.

“We have information today that shows that there are likely grave sites in the location of the Lejac school,” she said.

“We knew there were more children there, we just didn’t know …