“I think there is more to this, and more behind all this with all the residential schools across Canada, we need to look more. In speaking to Terry, he shared the following message, about the importance of this walk and what it means to him. Terry Bunting, who is originally from Wabauskang First Nation, but has lived in Grassy Narrows decided to walk from Grassy Narrows to the McIntosh Residential School, in order to pay honour and respect to these children. Members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation have decided to honour those 215 children discovered at the site of a residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. Min-O-Qwe-Ke-Ga-Bwe’in Social Services Initiative.Binesii Waziswan – Youth Mental Wellness Service.Bail Residency – Mental Wellness Program.Niigaanning Bimaadiziwin Developmental Services.The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is also available 24 hours a day at 1-86. Those impacted by residential schools can access support by calling the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society at 1-80 or NAN Hope at 1-84, NAN said. The recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission provide a roadmap, he said. “It should not end there after the four days ,” he said. It’s important to provide space to honour those lost and process emotions, said Fiddler, but it will be equally important to turn to action afterwards. The City of Thunder Bay joined the federal government and other organizations in lowering its flags to half-mast beginning on Monday. NAN also encouraged the wearing of orange on Monday to honour children who died in residential schools, a call echoed by Lakehead Public Schools on Sunday. They will later be donated to children in need, he said. Panetta invites community members to drop off children’s shoes at the Underground Gym by 3 p.m. in front of its Victoria Avenue location, and is also planning a display of 215 shoes, a symbolic representation seen in communities across the country in recent days. The organization will hold a small ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday.Ī ceremony will also take place outside of the Underground Gym on Monday morning.įounder Peter Panetta said he was approached by several people who had been impacted by residential schools and others who felt they needed to honour the children. On Facebook, the Kinna-Aweya Legal Clinic invited supporters to drop off shoes at the clinic at 86 South Cumberland Street before 9:30 a.m. “We also know this is an important thing to do.”Ĭommunity members will set up 215 pairs of children’s shoes at the site to symbolize the loss. “We know there are COVID measures in place,” he said.
Masking will be encouraged (and mandatory in the teepee), while Fiddler said the Pope John Paul II grounds are large enough to allow distancing. Anyone who attends is urged to follow public health guidelines. “We know that there are other gravesites out there that are unmarked,” he said.Įveryone is welcome to offer prayers and tobacco at the sacred fire, NAN said Sunday. The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation revealed Thursday that the remains of 215 children had been discovered buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, which operated between 18.įiddler said the revelation has unearthed trauma for Indigenous people across the country who have been similarly impacted by residential schools. “I think everyone is horrified by what we learned this week. “It’s very important that we do this to provide a forum where people can come and express their grief – their emotions, their anger, whatever they need to process,” he said. and burn for four days on the grounds of what is now the Pope John Paul II school, said Nishnawbe Naski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler. Joseph's Indian Residential School in Thunder Bay, as community members look to honour the hundreds of children discovered in an unmarked grave at a British Columbia residential school. THUNDER BAY – A sacred fire will be lit at the site of the former St.
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