Hundreds of unmarked graves found at school for indigenous children in Canada

A search with ground-penetrating radar resulted in 751 “hits”, indicating that at least 600 bodies were buried in the area, said Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess.

Cowichan Tribe member Benny George holds his child Bowie (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada say investigators have found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school.

The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997 where the Cowessess First Nation is now located, about 85 miles east of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan.