Remains of 2 girls who died at residential school brought home to Łutselk'e

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A plane with a wooden box in its cargo hold, and people standing outside.https://i.cbc.ca/ais/a4b37c4a-ee64-42aa-9397-9c3d712bd58e,1784324182427/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C223%2C4240%2C2385%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Deninu Kųę́ First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie, far right, escorted the remains of two girls who died at residential school in his community of Fort Resolution, to Łútselk'e by plane on Thursday.

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Deninu Kųę́ First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie escorted Denise Boucher and Alice Abel’s small wooden caskets by plane on Thursday morning to Łutselk'e.

The remains were then driven to a graveyard next to the Snowdrift River, where a burial ceremony was held for each of them.

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