Indigenous lawyer: Investigate discovery of 215 children’s graves in Kamloops as a crime against humanity

Indigenous lawyer: Investigate discovery of 215 children’s graves in Kamloops as a crime against humanity

By Beverly Jacobs
Acting Dean and Associate Professor, Law, University of Windsor

As I reflect on the recent and horrific news about the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the former site of Kamloops Indian Residential School, I am reminded about the resiliency of our people.

But the uncovering of the remains of children must be investigated as a crime against humanity. All entities involved in residential schools — including different levels and branches of the Canadian government and various denominations of churches — must be charged with genocide and tried at the International Criminal Court.

Like others who have been speaking out, I want the ground-penetrating radar that was used at Kamloops Indian Residential School to be used at all other former residential school sites.

What happened to Indigenous children is genocide, and the legacy of that continues through denial and inaction.

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