Marieval Indian Residential School

"Marieval" redirects here. For the hamlet the school is located in, see Marieval, Saskatchewan.

Marieval Indian Residential School
The school in 1923
Location
Map
Marieval

Saskatchewan

Canada
Coordinates50°34′50.2″N 102°39′27.7″W / 50.580611°N 102.657694°W / 50.580611; -102.657694[1]
Information
Former namesCrooked Lake Boarding School (1899)
Cowessess Boarding School (1909)
Cowessess Indian Residential School (1924–1968)
Cowessess Student Residence (1969)
Marieval Student Residence (1969–1981)
Marieval Community Education Centre & Student Residence (1977)
Marieval Community Education Centre (1981–1987)
Cowessess Community Education Centre (1987)
Cowessess Student Residence (1997)[2]
TypeCanadian Indian residential school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
OpenedDecember 19, 1898; 125 years ago (1898-12-19)
StatusClosed (demolished)
ClosedJune 30, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-06-30)
AuthorityCatholic Church in Canada (1899–1969)
Government of Canada (1969–1987)
Cowessess First Nation (1987–1997)
OversightCrown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
GradesK–12[3]
GenderCoed
LanguageEnglish, French[3]

The Marieval Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located on the Cowessess 73 reserve in Marieval, Saskatchewan, it operated from 1898[nb 1] to 1997. It was located in Qu'Appelle Valley, east of Crooked Lake and 24 km (15 mi) north of Broadview.[4]

In June 2021, 751 unmarked graves were found on the school grounds by the Cowessess First Nation, the most found in Canada to date according to the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents Saskatchewan's First Nations.[5][6][7][8] This marks the third discovery of unmarked graves in Canada in 2021, following the discovery of 215 unmarked anomalies at the Kamloops Indian Residential School the previous month.[9]

  1. ^ "Marieval (SK)". University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Marieval Residential School". National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Quon, Alexander (June 25, 2021). "What the TRC report tells us about the Marieval Indian Residential School". CBC News. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Niessen, Shuana (2017). Shattering the Silence: The Hidden History of Residential Schools in Saskatchewan (PDF). Faculty of Education, University of Regina. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-0-7731-0750-2. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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  7. ^ "Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school". BBC News. June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Austen, Ian; Dan, Bilefsky (June 24, 2021). "In Canada, Another 'Horrific' Discovery of Indigenous Children's Remains". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Coletta, Amanda; Miller, Michael E. (June 24, 2021). "Hundreds of graves found at former residential school for Indigenous children in Canada". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.


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