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The site was discovered in 1963 on a farm near Swift Current, with archaeological work beginning in 1969. [2] [3] Later excavations uncovered remains of 304 bodies. [4]The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1973, as it is one of the oldest indigenous burial grounds in the Canadian Prairies. [1]
The Gray Burial Site is a pre-contact traditional burial ground that was used by hunters who inhabited the northern Swift Current region between 3500 and 1000 B.C.E. Between 1970 and 1974, the site underwent archaeological excavations and was declared a National Historic site (1973) for it is one of the oldest burial grounds in the Plains at ...
A 0.7-kilometre (0.43 mi)-long lane beginning at a pair of stone pedestals, flanked on either side by a single row of mature elm trees and commemorative bronze plaques, and ending in a paved circle surrounding a stone memorial cairn; an excellent example of the "Roads of Remembrance" phenomenon which developed to honour the dead of the First ...
Glen Eden Memorial Gardens, West St. Paul, Manitoba - Murray Sinclair; Greenwood Cemetery, Carman – Jim McFadden; Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie – Robert F. Dodd, Ross King, Bryan Hextall; Saint Boniface Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg. Burial site of Louis Riel. Oldest graveyard in Western Canada. St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg – Eddie ...
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Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe expressed his support for the families of the deceased in a written statement. [5] Premier of Ontario Doug Ford tweeted "My heart aches for Indigenous communities with news of more unmarked grave sites and hundreds more children who never returned home. We must confront and learn from this horrific side of ...