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May 20, 2026
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First Nation says it has evidence dozens of children died attending residential school
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The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has spent years digging in provincial archives, looking for death records of children from the time a residential school operated on the nation. Now, it says it has evidence dozens of children died while attending the St. Francis Xavier Residential School that was operated on the First Nation in the Grande Prairie region. “We were able to confirm the 82 school-aged children, with death records aged between seven and 16,” Sturgeon Lake Chief Sheldon Sunshine said. “We found 202 children between the ages of one and 18 had perished.” Those deaths cover a period betwe…
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