Indigenous Awareness Rally aims at ‘changing the meaning behind Canada Day’
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By Herald on July 1, 2021.
An Indigenous Awareness Rally makes its way north down Mayor Magrath Drive before turning to Lethbrige City Hall and onward to the Galt Gardens Thursday afternoon. Numerous sign-wavers and drum players decked out in orange took part in the rally. Herald photo by Dale Woodard
DALE WOODARD – Lethbridge Herald
Under a blazing noon sun, walk was held to remember the lives of children from residential schools who didn’t make it home.
The Indigenous Awareness Rally started at L’Ecole La Verendrye School and passed by Lethbridge City Hall en route to Galt Gardens.
LETHBRIDGE The discovery 215 children found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. is sending shockwaves throughout the nation. In Lethbridge, community members organized a vigil and asked people to line up child-sized shoes to represent the lives lost throughout years of trauma brought on by the residential school system. The trauma that we face every day is insurmountable. We have no safe spaces and everyone talks about reconciliation, but an apology is nothing without acknowledgement, said Marissa Smoke. For many, the discovery of remains in Kamloops is bringing back painful memories. Hearing and reading about the 215 that were just discovered opened up a lot of hurt, said residential school survivor, Sheldon Day Chief.
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Blackfeet Nation reopens after strict pandemic closures
NORA MABIE, Great Falls Tribune
April 11, 2021
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1of3Ann Magee, left, manages the Junction Cafe in Browning, Mont. She says that business has been good since the tribal council s decision to reopen the reservation. She says that despite the reopening, ownership and employees are still in favor of take-out service only for the time being. (Rion Sanders/The Great Falls Tribune via AP)Rion Sanders/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Christina Holds The Enemy folds jeans at Rockin Outlaw sports and western apparel store in Browning. The store was able to have in-store shopping again after the Blackfeet tribal government decided to reopen the reservation after being shutdown for a year for COVID-19 precautions. (Rion Sanders/The Great Falls Tribune via AP)Rion Sanders/APShow MoreShow Less