54 More Unmarked Graves Found at Another Canada Indigenous School - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – An indigenous community in Canada's Saskatchewan province announced on Tuesday the discovery of 54 unmarked graves at two former residential schools, adding to a growing tally of such burials that shocked the nation last year.

Ted Quewezance, who is leading the Keeseekoose First Nation's search for graves using ground-penetrating radar near Fort Pelly and St Philip's residential schools, disclosed the findings at a press conference, AFP reported.

"Canadians still cannot believe a human being could treat another human being, especially a child, like the way we were treated," he said, holding back tears.

The two schools were run by the Catholic Church on behalf of the federal government – St Philip's from 1905 to 1913 and Fort Pelly from 1928 to 1969.

Similar discoveries were made last year at several other boarding schools across Canada.