Victoria residents are being invited to come together and show support for Indigenous people traumatized by the residential school system.
A sea of orange is seen in Victoria's Centennial Square Sept. 30, 2021, as residents marked the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Eddy Charlie, a survivor of the former Kuper Island residential school, is once again organizing and hosting the event, which will take place at 10 a.m. in Victoria’s Centennial Square. The Victoria event, given the name Xe Xe Smun’ Eem, which means “sacred children” in the Cowichan language, and similar events in other communities across Canada are meant to honour the survivors of residential schools, as well as those who never made it home.
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