The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is holding a news conference Thursday morning on the Cowessess First Nation to release details of what it describes as the most significantly substantial number of unmarked graves in Canada to date; this, at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School.

Premier Scott Moe says, all of Saskatchewan mourns for those who were discovered buried in the unmarked graves. He says it is heart-breaking to think that so many children lost their lives after being separated from their families, and away from the love and solace only a family can provide.
The premier says he has spoken with Chief Cameron of the FSIN and Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess to offer the full support of the provincial.

Lisa Broda, the Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth, says she and her staff mourn the children found buried in an undocumented burial site at the former Marieval residential school in Saskatchewan. She says, “We stand with Cowessess First Nation and all Indigenous people in this terribly difficult and emotional time, as the
truth of our colonial past is further uncovered.”

Broda says the discovery of 215 children buried in a former Kamloops residential school reignited the cry for action with respect to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, most of which have not been fulfilled.

She says, many pleas from First Nations communities were for the fulfillment of TRC calls to action directed at addressing the lack of information about the burial of the missing children who never came home from residential school.

City of Saskatoon flags will be lowered to half-mast Thursday to honour all the children found in the unmarked graves. Mayor Charlie Clark says lowering the flags is only one action they will be taking to support the community.