But on Tuesday, almost 300 people attended â many of them from the local white population.
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âAt first, it was just family and elders,â Mr Saunders said.
âBut now, itâs shifted to include the wider community, which we wanted to see all along.
âWith things like this, with community discussions and so on, it shows the communityâs mind is opening up.
âI donât lecture or shove the stories at people. Iâm asking people to do their own research to learn the truth.â
Rawleigh Cox said he had come to the ceremony to learn. He and his wife Emma had brought their two sons, Clayton, 11, and Mason, three, because they believed it was important that the next generation learn, too.