We Remember
Survivor led commemoration projects are an important part of healing and honouring the children who did not make it home. This also includes remembering, acknowledging and honouring Survivors, their families, and community’s experiences and impacts of the Residential School System and the resiliency of Survivors, families and communities. This can also include memorializing the burial sites of children on former Indian Residential School cemetery sites, such as placing memorial monuments or markers at the sites that list the names of the children who survived or died there to honour and remember them.
Trigger Warning: Below is a list of children who died or went missing while attending Indian Residential Schools in Manitoba. If this information causes any distress, please call the 24-Hour National Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.
Remembering the Children Who Died or Went Missing While Attending Indian Residential Schools in Manitoba - Manitoba - NCTR
Note: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation documented 338 children who never returned home from Indian Residential Schools in Manitoba, but the names of almost half are unknown. In addition, there are many children who may have not been documented during this process.
Name |
Date of Death |
School Attended |
Grant Ross |
1971-03-20 |
Assiniboia Residential School |
Agnes Ben |
1930-03-11 – 1930-04-16 |
Birtle Residential School |
Amelia Bunn |
1934-01-01 |
Birtle Residential School |
Caroline Bunn |
1939-12-01 – 1939-12-31 |
Birtle Residential School |
Elsie |
1902-01-01 – 1903-12-31 |
Birtle Residential School |
Elsie Blackbird |
1903-01-10 |
Birtle Residential School |
Emma Bird |
1934-10-01 |
Birtle Residential School |
Frank Hunting Hawk |
1925-02-16 |
Birtle Residential School |
Fred Kashananilowlgran |
Not Known |
Birtle Residential School |
Julie Bunn |
1938-06-20 |
Birtle Residential School |
Mary F. Keewatincappo |
1935-03-18 |
Birtle Residential School |
Michael Peter Perswain |
1964-01-26 |
Birtle Residential School |
Patrick Tanner |
Not Known |
Birtle Residential School |
Ruben Sandyou |
Not Known |
Birtle Residential School |
Sanderson |
Not Known |
Birtle Residential School |
Silas Hanska |
1911-05-10 |
Birtle Residential School |
Stephen Jandreau |
Not Known |
Birtle Residential School |
Susan Blackbird |
1895-12-27 |
Birtle Residential School |
Watson Huntinghawk |
1944-01-01 |
Birtle Residential School |
Willie Desjarlais |
Not Known |
Birtle Residential School |
Adam Muskego |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Alex Ross |
1902-01-27 |
Brandon Residential School |
Alfred Thomas |
1905-10-26 |
Brandon Residential School |
Annabelle Spence |
1943-07-05 |
Brandon Residential School |
Annie Ross |
1914-10-08 |
Brandon Residential School |
Archie Cochrane |
1901-06-24 |
Brandon Residential School |
Arthur Baptiste |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Bella Moar |
1923-04-21 |
Brandon Residential School |
Chester Moore |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
David Moar |
1902-11-26 |
Brandon Residential School |
Edgar Mcrae |
1908-12-15 |
Brandon Residential School |
Edith Michell |
1912-06-02 |
Brandon Residential School |
Edward Fiddler |
1956-07-18 |
Brandon Residential School |
Edward Murdock |
1898-12-07 |
Brandon Residential School |
Eleanor Hall |
1941-12-27 |
Brandon Residential School |
Elijah Staomer |
1897-06-01 |
Brandon Residential School |
Elizabeth Papaseqwanape |
1898-01-01 |
Brandon Residential School |
Eva Perrish |
1903-04-11 |
Brandon Residential School |
Flora Bella Thomas |
1923-04-16 |
Brandon Residential School |
Frederick Baptiste |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
George Frog |
1905-02-17 |
Brandon Residential School |
Henry Swanson |
1940-08-07 |
Brandon Residential School |
Isbester Ross |
1903-05-09 |
Brandon Residential School |
Isiah Bittern |
1908-03-04 |
Brandon Residential School |
James Campbell |
1907-02-03 |
Brandon Residential School |
James Laugher |
1897-08-01 – 1897-08-31 |
Brandon Residential School |
James Okemow |
1896-11-25 |
Brandon Residential School |
Janet Moar |
1908-10-04 |
Brandon Residential School |
Janet Tait |
1904-01-24 |
Brandon Residential School |
Jannet Ross |
1900-10-12 |
Brandon Residential School |
Jennie Twobear |
1913-01-01 |
Brandon Residential School |
John Charles Mcdonald |
1896-08-31 |
Brandon Residential School |
John Harper |
1907-01-01 |
Brandon Residential School |
John Hastings |
1902-11-03 |
Brandon Residential School |
John Knott |
1911-03-31 |
Brandon Residential School |
John Peel |
1899-01-16 |
Brandon Residential School |
John Ross |
1902-01-01 |
Brandon Residential School |
Joseph Oig |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Joseph Thibault |
1906-05-23 |
Brandon Residential School |
Josius Taylor |
1949-09-05 |
Brandon Residential School |
Kenneth Collins |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Kissememow Sinclair |
1899-06-06 |
Brandon Residential School |
Lillie Walker |
1905-05-02 |
Brandon Residential School |
Lizzie Mackland |
1903-06-16 |
Brandon Residential School |
Lydia Moore |
1896-09-11 |
Brandon Residential School |
Madeline Colin |
1904-02-18 |
Brandon Residential School |
Maria Evans |
1905-05-11 |
Brandon Residential School |
Maria Murdock |
1909-03-03 |
Brandon Residential School |
Mary Captain |
1902-03-30 |
Brandon Residential School |
Mary Jane Ross |
1907-04-11 |
Brandon Residential School |
Mary Sutherland |
1933-11-30 |
Brandon Residential School |
Matilda Colin |
1903-10-19 |
Brandon Residential School |
Matthew Two Bear |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Nancy Mcpherson |
1906-06-10 |
Brandon Residential School |
Nancy Sinclair |
1907-06-30 |
Brandon Residential School |
Nora John |
1920-06-09 |
Brandon Residential School |
Nora Wasecunna |
1905-06-16 |
Brandon Residential School |
Oliver Cochrane |
1942 |
Brandon Residential School |
Oliver Moore |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Peter Chubb |
1898-10-01 – 1898-10-31 |
Brandon Residential School |
Phillip Mcnabb |
1897-03-06 |
Brandon Residential School |
Roderick Beardy |
1949-04-16 |
Brandon Residential School |
Sam Young Skunk |
1932-09-26 |
Brandon Residential School |
Sarah Bird |
1905-07-09 |
Brandon Residential School |
Sarah J. Sinclair |
1909-03-15 |
Brandon Residential School |
Solomon Hamilton |
1903-05-12 |
Brandon Residential School |
Stanley Crate |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Susie Keysick |
1920-01-01 |
Brandon Residential School |
Stephen Franklin |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Thomas Dickson |
1903-08-24 |
Brandon Residential School |
Tommy Captain |
1896-08-14 |
Brandon Residential School |
Victoria Trout |
1902-05-11 |
Brandon Residential School |
William Hamilton |
1903-06-25 |
Brandon Residential School |
William Thomas |
1899-06-28 |
Brandon Residential School |
Willie Ross |
Not Known |
Brandon Residential School |
Willie Sutherland |
1905-08-01 – 1905-08-31 |
Brandon Residential School |
Zaccheus Minow |
1897-11-16 |
Brandon Residential School |
Pauloosie Meeko |
1968-11-17 |
Churchill Vocational School |
Agnes Thomas |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Annie Crane |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Betsie Osborne |
1946-05-13 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Charlotte Mercredi |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Christie Ross |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Clémence Cook |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Connell Memekisik |
1943-08-15 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
David Menow |
1947-05-30 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Emile Dumas |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Etienne Colombe |
1960-12-29 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Hyla Crate |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Hyla Moose |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Illa Frogg |
1930-08-01 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Jane Mckay |
1945-05-01 – 1945-05-31 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Job Andrew Flett |
1960-12-08 or 1960-12-28 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Lily Ross |
1943-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Margaret Jane Bee |
1942-05-29 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Marie Reine Scatch |
1945-06-21 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Martha Rivers |
1943-06-24 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Martha Scott |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Mary Ann François |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Mary Dixon |
1943-06-11 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Nancy Flett |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Nora Blacksmith |
1930-02-25 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Norman Mckay |
1943-08-15 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Silas Thomas Frog |
Not Known |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Stella Keeper |
1943-06-24 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Therese Thomas |
1943-08-29 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Thomas Ross |
1942-01-01 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
William Miller |
1942-08-09 |
Cross Lake Residential School |
Adam Oochoo |
1930-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Albert Morrison |
1911-07-19 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Albert Upistipas |
1907-03-14 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Alick Sinclair |
1905-06-17 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Allan Pukski |
1895-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Bob Reddish Gun |
1894-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Christine Redhead |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
David Tatizoyhema |
1906-01-22 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
“Dummy Bad Boy” |
1896-11-01 – 1896-11-30 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Elizabeth Rose |
1926-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Emma Beardy |
1927-04-12 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
George Maningway |
1925-02-10 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Henry Marsden |
1925-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Lillian Brass |
1932-06-23 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Mary Ann Robinson |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Mary Jane Cook |
1906-07-21 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Moses Beardy |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Pata |
1895-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Philip Brightnose |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Philip Redhead |
1933-04-20 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Rachel Henderson |
1904-07-16 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Robert Mcgibbon |
1897-01-01 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Roy Umpherville |
1939-11-01 – 1939-11-30 |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Sarah Spence |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Steven Stevens |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
William Head |
Not Known |
Elkhorn Residential School |
Adelaide Flett |
1918-02-01 – 1918-02-28 |
Fort Alexander Residential School |
Barnadette Bruyere |
1920-08-01 – 1920-08-31 |
Fort Alexander Residential School |
Helen Betty Osborne |
1971-11-13 |
Guy Hill Residential School |
Mary Dettanekease |
1964-06-24 |
Guy Hill Residential School |
Peter Bighetty |
1967-05-10 |
Guy Hill Residential School |
Clara Moore |
Not Known |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
George Martin |
1933-02-05 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Janet Moose |
1933-02-16 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Joseph Star |
1932-01-01 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Maria Lathlin |
1932-01-01 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Nora Jane |
Not Known |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Sinclair Anderson |
1905-04-15 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Stella Constant |
1905-04-14 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Wilfred Stewart |
1930-04-28 |
MacKay Residential School (Dauphin) |
Absolam Monias |
1940-04-12 |
Norway House Residential School |
Bella Maminawatum |
1941-02-15 |
Norway House Residential School |
Caroline Simpson |
Not Known |
Norway House Residential School |
Eliza Keno |
1940-05-05 |
Norway House Residential School |
Elizabeth Sinclair |
Not Known |
Norway House Residential School |
Harriet Munro |
1940-09-10 |
Norway House Residential School |
Isla Little |
1959-03-12 |
Norway House Residential School |
James Muswaggan |
1918-04-17 |
Norway House Residential School |
John Keeper |
Not Known |
Norway House Residential School |
Levi Harper |
1940-07-15 |
Norway House Residential School |
Madaline Monday |
1918-05-15 |
Norway House Residential School |
Madeleine Monias |
Not Known |
Norway House Residential School |
Albert Nepinak |
1951-04-08 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Alexander Cook |
1938-07-29 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Cecilia Catcheway |
1946-01-01 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Charles Morrisseau |
1951-12-16 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Domistile Nepinak |
1933-08-16 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Florence Nepinak |
1943-01-01 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
George Mckay |
1940-01-01 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Helen Kemp |
1919-01-01 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Ida Kakiwash |
1942-08-22 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Louis |
Not Known |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Maggie Moore |
1934-10-25 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Margaret St. Paul |
1940-01-01 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Mary Kirkness |
1925-01-01 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Raymond Eagle |
1944-05-26 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Richard Cook |
1938-09-04 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Sarah Jane Catcheway |
1944-01-01 – 1945-12-31 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Sarah Jane Eagle |
1943-09-12 or 1943-09-13 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Sophie Moore |
1934-12-25 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Theodore Cook |
1935-12-02 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Theresa Thomas |
1942-05-24 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Thomas Nepinak |
1944-01-11 |
Pine Creek Residential School |
Bernadette Hart |
1974-01-08 |
Portage la Prairie Residential School |
Edith Chaske |
1912-01-31 |
Portage la Prairie Residential School |
Eric Meham |
1974-01-01 |
Portage la Prairie Residential School |
James Hobson |
1941-01-01 |
Portage la Prairie Residential School |
Rupert Tanner |
1940-08-15 |
Portage la Prairie Residential School |
Arthur Mosseau |
1937-01-30 or 1937-01-31 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Bella Desjarlais |
1920-01-15 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Clifford Swan |
1948-06-15 or 1948-06-18 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Harvey Wilson Beaulieu |
1950-12-31 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Jean Baptiste Hunter |
1926-11-15 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Lawrence Clear Sky |
1937-11-01 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Mabel Houle |
1920-04-16 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Mary A. Desjarlais |
1928-03-12 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Mary Bone |
1946-08-31 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Masie Bella Whetford |
1936-12-16 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Patrick Beaulieu |
1937-11-23 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Philomene McIvor |
1944-05-03 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Russell Rufus Cook |
1953-09-01 – 1953-09-30 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
Veronique Levasseur |
1932-05-18 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
William Manijins |
1947-03-11 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
William Richard |
1920-11-01 – 1920-11-30 |
Sandy Bay Residential School |
