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Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Commemoration Initiatives"
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October 2, 2023
AFN Acknowledges National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Calls for Accelerated Action Towards Reconciliation
by ahnationtalk on October 2, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 NationTalk: (Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario) – Sept. 30, Today, the Interim Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief, Joanna Bernard, is acknowledging the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, and urging the Government of Canada to advance progress towards fully implementing the...
September 30, 2023
Canadians must ‘challenge’ deniers of residential schools: NCTR tells ceremony
Canadians were issued a clarion call Saturday to believe survivors of Canada’s residential and day schools, and not allow others to hijack the narrative. Pairs of child-sized moccasins were placed on stage to symbolize the children who died at residential schools. Photo: Mark Blackburn/APTN News If you are feeling triggered by the events today, the...
September 29, 2023
Why the Tseshaht First Nation will be celebrating on Truth and Reconciliation Day
The First Nation on Vancouver Island marks 50 years since the closure of the Alberni Indian Residential School CBC Indigenous: For the Tseshaht First Nation, on Vancouver Island, National Truth and Reconciliation Day will be a day of celebration. This year marks 50 years since the Alberni Indian Residential School, which stood in the nation’s community,...
September 25, 2023
Warrior Walkers begin their journey from Dawson City, Yukon, to Whitehorse
“My pain doesn’t matter when we’re walking for these children,” said one walker WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. CBC Indigenous: Despite the cold of the season’s first snowfall groups gathered around a sacred fire beside the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre to send off the Warrior Walkers Sunday. The Warrior Walkers formed...
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