Keeseekoose First Nation's former chief and search project manager Ted Quewezance said 54 hits from ground-penetrating radar were made on the grounds of the former Fort Pelly and St. Phillips residential schools near Kamsack.

“The locations we’re scanning were identified by survivors and knowledge keepers from oral history,” said Quewezance.

“Ground-penetrating radar simply validated our oral history.”

Quewezance said the community deserves closure and will be leading efforts to identify those who were buried at those sites.

He added he will meet with Catholic bishops in Vancouver in the coming days to discuss the discoveries.

Fort Pelly Indian Residential School operated from 1885 until it closed in 1913. St. Phillips opened in 1928 and closed in 1969.

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