By Angela Amato THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON- The smell of burning sage filled the banquet hall of an Edmonton hotel Wednesday as Indigenous elders, youth and women wearing colourful ribbon skirts listened to presenters at the first National Gathering on Unmarked Burials. Reports from two days of sessions included information about archives, search technology and protecting burial sites. Indigenous community members, federal ministers, and Catholic Church representatives responded to the reports with potential next steps. Kimberly Murray, special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked burials, called for an Indigenous-led investigation process that would follow Indigenous practices and protocols. This would act similarly to community, coroner and police investigations. “The work of recovery can be done in ways that respect Indigenous protocols and respects and honours the family, children, survivors and

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