Canadians demand action from officials as country mourns discovery of a mass grave of children's remains

Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling for an investigation after the remains of more than 200 children were found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The school is pictured here on May 27.

Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to do a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Leaders from the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc community in the southern interior of British Columbia, where the school was located, said that there are far more questions than answers so far regarding the discovery.

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