Tseshaht First Nation receiving $2.7M to find more unmarked graves around residential school

November 17, 2023

On Friday, November 16th, the c̓išaaʔatḥ (Tseshaht) First Nation and the Canadian government announced that $2.7 million would be given in funding to try to identify additional unmarked gravesites around a former residential school near Port Alberni. The Alberni Indian Residential School operated from 1892 to 1973 under the United Church…