Alberta's Siksika First Nation is paying tribute to residential school survivors and victims with a Canada Day vigil. Leon Crane Bear, a third-generation residential school survivor, was among those in attendance.

They've also begun searching for unmarked graves, using the same ground-penetrating radar that led to recent discoveries at former residential school sites in B.C and Saskatchewan.

As Heather Yourex-West explains, the residential school survivor is encouraged by the fact that Canada's dark history is pulling focus from the usual July 1st celebrations.

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