Call for national commission to probe missing Indigenous children, unmarked graves in Canada
A report by Kimberly Murray says missing children and unmarked graves at Indian Residential Schools in Canada should be probed by a national commission.
Murray is Ontario’s first ever Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Aboriginal Justice.
Murray says the commission should have a 20-year mandate and be led by Indigenous representatives.
The report is titled “Upholding Sacred Obligations: Reparations for Missing and Disappeared Indigenous Children and Unmarked Burials in Canada.
It was unveiled at a press conference in Gatineau, Quebec.
Murray says a crucial step is pursuing justice for the children who were buried in unmarked graves at one-hundred-and-thirty residential schools across Canada.
In some cases, the families were never told what happened to their children.
Murray says the commission should also investigate the genocide and other crimes perpetrated by the federal and provincial governments against Indigenous peoples.
It took two years to complete the report.
It lays out forty-two “obligations” that must be conducted by the commission.
These are meant to get to the truth and provide justice and reconciliation between Indigenous tribes and the white settlers.
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