Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie opened 50th annual Juno Awards on Sunday by asking for compassion following the recent announcement by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation that preliminary findings from a survey conducted by a specialist in ground-penetrating radar indicated the remains of what could be 215 children buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
“It’s shocking to some people and a revelation. But it’s not news to Indigenous people,” she said.
Sunday’s broadcast wrapped up a week of events, including
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