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NP View: The censorship agenda motivated by the Kamloops 'graves' fiasco
Nothing has been found at the residential school, but pointing that out invites cancellation
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The discovery of underground anomalies at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in May 2021 offers a cautionary tale about how an assumed consensus, even one based on half-truths or misrepresentations, can lead to a climate of censorship.
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On May 27, 2021, the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation shocked the world when it issued a press release claiming that the use of ground-penetrating radar had led to the “confirmation of the remains of 215 children who were students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.”
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The following day, the New York Times reported that a “mass grave containing the remains of 215 children on the grounds of a former residential school” had been discovered.
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