The Dakota Tipi First Nation, near Portage La Prairie, has received funding from the Federal Government to search residential school sites in five communities. The communities include Sandy Bay, Portage la Prairie, Assiniboia, Brandon, and Fort Alexander.
Dakota Tipi Cheif, Eric Pashe, talked about the historic agreement in a news release;
"This is a historic time for the Dakota people. The time has now come for our history to be properly told."
A survivor-led committee will search each of the sites and will research records from the Catholic Church, Hudson's Bay Company, and the Winnipeg-based National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation.
