Reconciliation Flag raised in YXE

  • 2019-06-02

The City of Saskatoon, Métis Nation - Saskatchewan, and Saskatoon Tribal Council, along with the 98 business and community organization members of Reconciliation Saskatoon, gathered in Civic Square outside City Hall May 24th to raise the Reconciliation flag. In honour of the warriors who endured the residential school era, the ceremony also remembered all those affected by the Sixties Scoop, Day Schools, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Reconciliation flag raised at City Hall honours Residential School era warriors
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  • Dignitaries at the grand entry.
  • Veteran Virginia Pechawis with a big grin during the ceremony.
  • Residential school survivor and author Louise Halfe jigging with the youth.
  • Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark jigging with a new friend at the flag ceremony.
  • The residential school survivors honoured that day.
  • Dancers danced for the survivors and everyone there.
  • Survivor and elder Frank Badger shared his story.
  • Veterans helped raise the flag.
  • The Reconciliation Flag.
  • Emcee Eugene Arcand in background while his children Cara and Cal stand for the survivors.
  • The Right Reverend Jordan Cantrell, Moderator of The United Church of Canada, made a passionate plea for allies.

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