As one can plainly see:
A First Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has discovered more than 2,000 areas of interest and a child’s bone was separately found at the site of one of the longest-running residential schools in the country.
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Wauzhushk Onigum Nation says ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has detected more than 170 anomalies during a search for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Kenora, Ont.
Why does this sound familiar?
Aerial photography and historical documents show that the site where the graves were alleged to have been discovered has been subject to decades of archeological digs and other excavation activity which did not turn up any human remains. ...
Other excavations have since taken place. In 1998, Simon Fraser University archaeologists visited the location to monitor construction activity where a water line was dug through the area. No graves were discovered or announced during the dig.
Additionally, in 2002, the Simon Fraser University Archaeology Field School excavated the orchard where fifteen pits were dug and no human remains were unearthed. No remains were discovered at another dig conducted by the school two years later. ...
Research by Prof. Sarah Beaulieu has claimed that Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) findings indicate 200 “probable burials.” In her study, Beaulieu also relied on oral history and folklore to claim that children had been buried at the site since the late 1940s.
The grift that keeps on grifting:
Indigenous advisors will be hired to help rewrite a 1990 museum policy to promote “equity, diversity and inclusion,” the Department of Canadian Heritage said yesterday. Payments include $100 per hour to elders and “knowledge keepers” for comment on Canada’s colonial past: “Advisory services will be paid as appropriate.”
Vancouver Island University (VIU) says it has accepted Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's offer to return the honorary doctorate the university granted her in 2013, according to a VIU news release.
"Turpel-Lafond informed VIU of her decision to voluntarily return the honour after receiving correspondence from the university that it would be moving forward with a process regarding her honorary doctorate," the Tuesday afternoon statement said.
VIU is one of 11 Canadian universities that have granted honorary doctorates to Turpel-Lafond.
Last year, all of them announced they were reviewing the honours after a CBC investigation raised doubts about Turpel-Lafond's claims to Indigenous ancestry. For decades she had said she was a treaty Indian of Cree ancestry, but documents uncovered by CBC indicate she is of entirely European descent.
CBC also discovered several inaccuracies on Turpel-Lafond's CV.
After the story was published, a group called the Indigenous Women's Collective called on the 11 universities to revoke the honorary doctorates and they all indicated they would consider the request.
VIU is the first institution to accept the return of an honorary degree. It said that given Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returned it, the review is concluded and the university will have no further comment about her.
"More broadly, VIU condemns Indigenous identity fraud and will continue the consultation process that is currently underway to develop and implement an Indigenous Identity Policy," the statement says. "VIU will also be reviewing its policy and procedure for nominating, awarding and rescinding honorary doctorates."
The statement quotes VIU president Deborah Saucier as saying, "false claims of Indigenous ancestry cause harm to Indigenous peoples."
Identity politics causes harm but, whatever.
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