Events around Sask. to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Saskatchewan will observe Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today alongside the rest of the country.
The new federal statutory holiday honours the survivors of residential schools and their families and communities. It is set aside to learn the legacy of residential schools, and asks the country to reflect on it's bleak history of mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and the lasting intergenerational trauma of residential schools.
The day was made a federal statutory holiday on June 3. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommended it in its 94 calls to action.
Action 80 of the TRC's 94 calls to action called for this day to "ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process."
The holiday will see federally-regulated workplaces, banks and post offices closed today.
It also coincides with Orange Shirt Day, described by the federal government as an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day that encourages the wearing of an orange shirt to "honour the children who survived Indian Residential Schools and remember those who did not."
Saskatchewan's Treaty Commissioner Mary Culbertson told CBC Saskatchewan's Afternoon Edition that she was relieved to see the day finally being observed, but perturbed to see how long it took.
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