Gray Burial Site

Gray Burial Site near Swift Current, Saskatchewan, is an Oxbow complex burial ground recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada for its importance as an Aboriginal burial place on the Canadian prairies and as one of the oldest known sites of its kind there. Discovered on a farm in 1963, it became the focus of archaeological work beginning in 1969. Excavations uncovered the remains of 304 bodies, and by 2012 archaeologists had identified 87 burials containing about 154 individuals. Its 1973 designation reflects its significance to the history of Indigenous presence on the Prairies and to the study of early regional burial practices.

Saskatchewan · Canada