Cowessess First Nation Chief Delorme appointed chair of residential school documents committee – CTV News

Feb. 21, 2023

Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation, will serve as the chairperson of the new “Residential School Documents Advisory Committee.”

The decision was made in a joint announcement by the Ministry of Crown-Indigenous Relations and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) on Tuesday.

The committee’s role will be to “develop recommendations on the identification and sharing of documents of historical interest with the NCTR,” the announcement said.

“Today many local communities, ad hoc committees and First Nations are leading the way in the validation of unmarked graves attached to former residential schools,” Chief Delorme said in a news release.

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