A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
THUNDER BAY – In his speech at Vickers Park for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Orange Shirt Day Walk and Gathering, NAN Deputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin informed the public the gathering was held Friday because of the federally instituted Truth and Reconciliation Day statutory holiday on Sept. 30. Sept. 27 was chosen by NAN’s because […]
Oglala Sioux Chief Charging Shield sat beside the bed of his daughter, Fannie, in the hospital at the Carlisle Industrial Indian School as she struggled with tuberculosis. Her initial improvement upon his arrival and the visits of students bringing flowers to her bedside had given him false hopes during the two-week vigil. Finally, however, the […]
The revelation convulsed all of Canada. Ground-penetrating radar had found possible signs of 215 unmarked graves at a former residential school in British Columbia run by the Catholic Church that the government had once used to assimilate Indigenous children forcibly taken from their families. It was the first of some 80 former schools where indications […]
Manitoba businesses are trying to decide how best to mark Orange Shirt Day, now that the national day for reflection on the impacts of the residential school system will be observed as a statutory holiday in the province. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, also referred to as Orange Shirt Day, has […]
