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The Queen Victoria monument was pulled off its elevated base and covered in red paint, while the base itself was littered with red handprints. A sign left at the base of the statue read, ‘We were children once. Bring them home.’
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The legislature was the final destination of the Every Child Matters walk, one of two marches that were held in downtown Winnipeg on Thursday, in support and solidarity for the more than 1,100 children found recently in unmarked graves in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
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A statue of Queen Victoria was toppled at the Manitoba Legislative Building following a march in honour of Indigenous children found in unmarked graves at former residential schools. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
A day that began with rallies that flooded streets orange in honour of bodies buried in unmarked graves at residential schools ended with the toppling of a statue that has stood for more than a century in front of Manitoba’s legislative building.
A day that began with rallies that flooded streets orange in honour of bodies buried in unmarked graves at residential schools ended with the toppling of a statue that has stood for more than a century in front of Manitoba’s legislative building.
Author of the article: Scott Billeck
Publishing date: Jul 01, 2021 • 51 minutes ago • 3 minute read • A large group of people, many dressed in orange, walked along Portage Avenue in Winnipeg today. The contingent was one of several events intended to have the Indian Residential School experience recognized as a genocide. Saturday, July 01, 2/2021.Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo/stf
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Hundreds gathered in a sea of orange at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Canada Day, taking part in a march through the streets of downtown Winnipeg to call on the federal government to recognize Indian residential schools, day schools and the 60s Scoop as genocide.
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