b'RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLSMuscowequan Indian Residentialis the last standing Residential Schoolformer Lac La Ronge (All Saints) School (1889-1997) site in Saskatchewan and was declaredIndian Residential School, which For Muskowekwan First Nation,a National Historic Site by the federalis now the site of the bands urban this pain of finding loved ones ingovernment in 2021. The First Nationsreserve in downtown La Ronge. unmarked graves has been affectingcommunity members, Knowledge them since the 1990s. From then untilKeepers and leadership lobbied to haveIn the spring of 2022, LLRIB Chief now, 35 unmarked graves have beenthe site recognized so the tragediesTammy Cook-Searson said the bands discovered on the Muscowequanchildren faced at both this school andradar work was close to completion, Indian Residential School site.others across Canada could never be forgotten or swept under the rug. but they have yet to announceMuscowequan, one of the lasttheir findings.Residential Schools to ceaseLac La Ronge (All Saints) Indian operations, was in use from 1889 untilResidential School (1907-1947) LLRIB has ensured they followed the 1997. The last building to house theLac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB)guidance and oral histories of their school, which was built in 1930-1931,began their search for stolen childrenKnowledge Keepers. This brought and families in the summer of 2021,them to search the former Residential and while it is still ongoing, it is closeSchools cemetery, and they have to completion. LLRIB used GPRflagged a few other areas of concern technology on the grounds of thethat will be searched as well. Lac La Ronge Indian Residential School.40OUR PRIORITY Issue 12021/22'