Saskatoon Tribal Council continuing work to raise awareness on reconciliation and residential schools
The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) is continuing their work to raise awareness about the importance of advancing reconciliation.
Tuesday in Saskatoon, the STC put on a walk which brought out 300 people from various groups and organizations.
Tribal Chief Mark Arcand said they were happy to get support from a range of people and organizations.
“The numerous, I’ll say numerous, because, there was quite a bit of different organizations that came out to support, whether it was their staff, their CEO, their president what ever it may be, was overwhelming,” he said.
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Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark, from left, Saskatoon Bishop Mark Hagemoen, and Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand lead the way in Tuesday afternoon’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action Awareness and Education Walk in the downtown area of Saskatoon. Photograph By Jon Perez
An estimated 200 men, women, and children participated to form a sea of orange in the downtown area in Tuesday’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action Awareness and Education Walk. Photograph By Jon Perez Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand knows the dark past caused by residential schools in Canada’s history, a heartbreaking past where thousands of Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their families so they could be assimilated to western norms. They were not allowed to speak their language and practice the traditional beliefs they learned from their Elders. They also experienced abuse and many died while att
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In a joint statement issued Friday afternoon, the offices of Saskatoon and Regina’s mayors announced Regina Mayor Sandra Masters had won the challenge between her and Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark to see how many residents of their respective cities could receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Since Masters issued the challenge on June 18, the two cities have been embroiled in a contest to see which could muster up the most doses before June 30.