Unmarked graves finding triggered Canada's year of reckoning over residential schools

The chief of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says it's been a very traumatic year since they announced the discovery of unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops residential school.

Roseanne Casimir says sharing the findings with the world has been devastating both for her as a leader, and as a mother and grandmother.

A daylong cultural ceremony is set for this Monday at the nation's Pow Wow Arbor to mark the anniversary of findings which Casimir says was a confirmation that the children didn't come home from residential schools.

Since the Tk'emlups announcement last year, several other First Nations, in BC and across Canada, have announced similar discoveries.