By Mike Stimpson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY- Residential school survivors gathered at a hotel on Highway 61 this week to discuss their experiences and how the Bringing Our Children Home Initiative should move forward. The initiative, also named Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiiminaanak, is investigating the possibility of unmarked graves where the Pelican Lake Indian Residential School once operated. Bringing Our Children Home “was created and led by survivors to uncover the truth,” Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull said Thursday during a break in proceedings. He and his band council started the initiative after researchers concluded in 2021 that there are more than 200 possible unmarked graves at the old site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and Northern Nishnawbe Education…
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