Survivors of the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., are scheduled to begin using ground-penetrating radar in the coming weeks to examine the site for any potential unmarked graves on the property.
In recent years, there have been allegations of physical, sexual and emotional abuse at the facility.Hill said she and her sister Dawn were forced to stay at the facility, beginning at the ages of six and seven. They were quickly separated and barred from seeing each other.While at the residential school, Hill heard rumors of children buried outside, near the apple trees.
Hill and the other survivors hope that the ground-penetrating radar examination of the site will uncover how many children did not survive their time at the facility. The group has also created a Survivors’ Secretariat and hired a human rights monitor to ensure that the police investigations are handled properly.