Orange Shirt Day draws large crowd in Brandon
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This article was published 30/09/2023 (763 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Hundreds of people from the Wheat City and beyond took part in Orange Shirt Day festivities over the weekend, which included a massive march from the Riverbank Discovery Centre grounds to the site of the old Brandon Indian Residential School.
This school operated between 1895 and 1972 and was finally demolished in 2006. However, the scars wrought by this institution, and other schools like it, continue to be felt in the Indigenous community, since members of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation believe that 104 unmarked child graves could be located at this spot.
Since 2013, Sept. 30 has been known as Orange Shirt Day, or the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, to honour the children who survived Canada’s residential school system and to remember those who did not return home.
Expect a full write-up on this year’s local Orange Shirt Day activities in Monday’s edition of the Brandon Sun.
» The Brandon Sun
