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Six Nations Councillors won’t celebrate Canada Day and hope to distribute something orange to every house on Six Nations to remind people of all of the unmarked children’s graves.
Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) elected Chief Mark Hill brought the issue to the Political Liaison meeting on June 28. He asked councillors what they thought about celebrating Canada Day, in the wake of finding more than 1,300 unmarked graves in Western Canada in the last month.
“With what we are seeing with Canada Day. Obviously We know that’s coming up this week, we know there’s many discussions happening across the country with other first nations on their thoughts of Canada Day celebrations given the news and the issues that are happening and arising from residential schools” Hill said. “Obviously, we’re not going to be supporting Canada Day and wearing red and white, but rather supporting and wearing orange.”
Brantford changes Canada Day marks it with lowered flags, modified programming
June 29, 2021
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BRANTFORD-The City of Brantford will change their Canada Day celebrations and implement permanent memorials to honour Indigenous peoples, survivors of residential schools and the children who did not make it home.
Brantford councillors voted to make the changes at a Special Council meeting on June 28 to show their solidarity with Indigenous communities across the country, including Six Nations, while they grieve for the more than 1,300 unmarked graves found in B.C. and Saskatchewan.
“Recognizing that many in our community are struggling with feelings of grief, sorrow and anger over recent discoveries of unmarked graves on the grounds of former residential school sites, and as a result may feel uncomfortable celebrating Canada Day,”
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