Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Commemoration Initiatives"

Children’s unsmiling faces reflect dark chapter that ‘should never have happened’ CBC Indigenous: Stanley C. Hunt says it’s hard to describe how he felt in May 2021 when he heard around 200 potential burial sites had been found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. But the product of the B.C. artist’s grief is now on display in...

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...

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...

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,...

“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...