A vigil was held at the former Marieval Indian Residential School site Saturday night, honouring those buried in the 751 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former school. It was announced last week radar scanning of the grounds found the graves. 

The vigil started around 7:30 p.m., with a moment of silence at 7:51 p.m. As darkness fell, solar lights, which had been donated for the vigil and were used to mark the 751 graves, flickered to life. A teepee was also put up at the site, and a ceremonial fire will be burning for the next four days. 

Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme has emphasized since the initial announcement Thursday that the graves were not a mass grave, but unmarked graves that had the headstones removed at some point by representatives of the Catholic Church. It is not known who is buried there, as the graves may belong to both adults and children who worked or attended the school.