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Parents and visitors rang the alarm about Elkhorn residential school for decades. Officials downplayed their concerns

Documents confirm students were underfed, dressed in filthy, ragged clothing and subjected to unhygienic conditions

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The second Elkhorn Indian Residential School near The Pas, Man., is shown in an undated photo. (Gordon Goldsborough/Manitoba Historical Society)

Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Bethany Lindsay is an award-winning investigative journalist who covers white-collar crime. She is based in Vancouver and previously reported for CBC News, the Vancouver Sun, and the Cambodia Daily.

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