‘It’s history we’re unearthing’: Old cemetery connects locals with departed relatives
A family mystery was solved in La Ronge this week after youth support workers with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band uncovered gravestones more than a century old.
Located behind the urban reserve located along La Ronge Ave., the site is the resting place of many children who attended the All Saints Indian Residential School and the mission which came before it. Others buried at the cemetery were newcomers to Canada, as was the case with Charley McAuley, the father of the late NDP MLA Norman MacAuley.
“I didn’t know my great-grandfather was buried here, so it was exciting to hear,” Air Ronge resident Neil MacAuley said after receiving a call Monday from Elder Tom Roberts. “It’s good Tom and the rest of the people are cleaning this place up. Roots in La Ronge run deep in Saskatchewan.”