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"We all inherited this. But we are all somewhat responsible to make it right," Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme said in a telephone interview.

At the formal signing ceremony, Delorme said: "The end goal is one day, there will be no children in care."

“Our goal is one day there will be no children in care,” Delorme told the event, adding: “We have a lot of work to do.”

Delorme said the graves at the Saskatchewan school were marked at one time, but that the Catholic operators of the facility had removed them.

“All we ask of all of you listening is that you stand by us as we heal and get stronger,” Delorme said during a virtual news conference.