The northern Manitoba reserve where RCMP are investigating the homicide of an 11-year-old girl has cancelled classes for about 500 students.
Some of Teresa Robinson's remains were found near the Garden Hill First Nation on May 11.
Initially, it was believed she was the victim of a bear attack but RCMP later determined that although animals had likely disturbed her remains, there was no evidence to suggest they played a role in her death.
On Thursday, a band councillor from Garden Hill told CTV Winnipeg they have closed both the elementary school and the high school on the reserve.
The councillor said the community is too busy dealing with tragedy and trauma of the situation and doesn't know when, or if, children will back in class this year.
The search for further remains continues and no arrests have been made.
Teresa was last seen leaving a birthday party on May 5, six days before she was reported missing to the RCMP.
She was headed home but never made it, and her father thought she may have simply decided to sleep over at a friend's house, said David Harper, grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
The fly-in community is about 500 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
(CTV Winnipeg)
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