The Mohawk Mothers, a group of Indigenous women, gathered in front of the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal on Tuesday to provide an update on their search for unmarked graves.

The Mothers, also known as Kanien’kehà:ka Kahnistensera, revealed they will be filing an interlocutory motion with the Quebec Superior Court to protect several areas where they say evidence has been found of unmarked graves, potentially clandestine burials, throughout the Allan Memorial Institute site and the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.

The group says the province’s infrastructure agency known as the SQI has expressed interest in excavating the areas where they believe there are unmarked graves without any proper forensic oversight.

“We have no choice but to file an interlocutory motion with the Super

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