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Southwestern Manitoba Orange Shirt Day offers healing through education

'We need to educate them and heal them so they can walk forward in a good way,' organizer says

CBC NewsChelsea Kemp

Hundreds dressed in orange braved 80 km/hr winds and rain to march to a former southwestern Manitoba Indian Residential School site Monday.

The Orange Shirt Day walk — part of Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples' Council's fourth annual Truth and Reconciliation Week — honours the painful history of residential schools while celebrating the legacy of survivors, says volunteer Conan Beardy. The week showcases Indigenous culture to youth and the general public to honour those who didn't make it out of…

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CBC NewsChelsea Kemp, Posted: Sep 30, 2024 7:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
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