🧡 Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the children who never made it back home and support residential school Survivors, their families, and communities. Today (and all days), we must learn, remember, and reflect. This isn’t just about the past, but about the lingering legacies of the residential schools system and the continuing effects of colonialism on Indigenous peoples today and in future. We all share the responsibility of reconciliation and to listen, learn from, and amplify Indigenous voices.
Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: 94 Calls to Action.
Here is a list of activities taking place on the NDTR at the Riverbank Discovery Centre in Brandon. We encourage all BUFA members to take part.
- 7:00am – Sunrise Pipe Ceremony with Elder Frank Tacan and Lead Firekeeper Tim Bone sponsored by Sunrise Credit Union
- 10:00 – 11:30am – Wrap the Community – Honoring our Survivors with Prayer, Song, Drum, & Smudge by Women’s Drum Group
- 11:00am – 5:00pm – Indigenous Artists Market
- 12:00pm – Welcoming Speech, Intro of BUAPC and Elder Frank Tacan,
- 12:15pm – 2:30pm – Orange Shirt Day Walk begins / Mini Orange Shirt Day Walk
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm – Children’s Entertainment
- 12:00pm – 5:00pm – Food Trucks on site
- All day – Grant & Hazel Armstrong with Métis Camp & Red River Cart
- 1:00pm – 6:00pm – Archery Teachings by Knowledge Keeper Roland Ironman
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm – Bannock Demo & Tastings with Helper Deborah Tacan
Every Child Matters.
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