The federal statutory holiday was recognized to acknowledge the immediate and generational impacts of residential schools, but is not yet recognized as a stat holiday in Manitoba.
More than 5,000 people flooded downtown Winnipeg Saturday as a sea of orange marched from The Forks to Canada Life Centre to mark the third-annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Speaking at the Oodena Celebration Circle at The Forks Saturday morning, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick compelled the crowd to understand and reflect upon the events of the past. Later at Canada Life Centre Pine Creek First Nation Chief Derek Nepinak shared what the day meant to him.“I’m here today because my mom survived the beatings when she spoke her language at the school. I’m here today because my mom survived the abuse that she experienced in the school, and her mom, and her grandpa, all the way back to the early 1900s,” he told the crowd.
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