Recognizing Survivors during Thunder Bay’s Indigenous Survivors Day Proclamation Signing and Flag Raising ceremony

July 9, 2025

THUNDER BAY — Fort William Chief Michele Solomon and Anishinabek Nation Northern Superior Regional Chief Melvin Hardy stressed the importance of recognizing Survivors during Thunder Bay’s Indigenous Survivors Day Proclamation Signing and Flag Raising ceremony at City Hall on June 30. The proclamation to recognize Indigenous Survivors Day stemmed from a request by Troy Abromaitis, a Sixties Scoop Survivor from B.C., who helped establish Indigenous Survivors Day. “I’d like to start by first and foremost, acknowledging all the Survivors…