Brandon's RV Campground, Turtle River Crossing is the site of unmarked graves from Brandon's Residential School. This school ran from 1895-1970. Current owner, who is the third owner of the campground, says he had no idea. At residential schools, according to the commissioner's report, child abuse was "institutionalized at residential schools and the entire system represented an attempt at cultural genocide". Anne Lindsay, a researcher, has spent more than ten years trying to identify the bodies that range from ages 7-16 and dates back to the 1900's. Lindsay says she only found the bodies using a handwritten map drawn by a former student. Indigenous children died from malnutrition, harsh disciplines, suicides, illnesses and hard labor. Reports that children were being forced to use outdated farm equipment lead to fatalities as well. We want the site excavated and these bodies laid to rest properly. The City of Brandon needs to address their history and rectify a memorial for families affected. Documents need to be provided for identifying and locating these burial sites. Only then can there be true reconciliation for the families and lives affected. 

94 calls to action in the commissioner's report

How many did they implement? 

Period
Principal
1895-1899
John Semmens (1850-1921)
1899-1929
Rev. Thompson Ferrier
1929-1941
John Allan Doyle (1871-1953)
1941-1944
R. T. Chapin
1944-1955
Oliver Bailey Strapp (1892-1988)
1955-1957
Rev. G. R. Inglis
1957
Harry Atkinson (1882-1968)
1957-1959
Lachlan McLean
1959-1970
Ford Bond (1905-1982)