A remembrance walk is being held in Sudbury May 27 to mark the one-year anniversary of the discovery of 215 unmarked graves found in Kamloops, B.C., and to remember the more than 10,000 children who never came home from residential schools in Canada.
The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc refer to the May 2021 discovery of the unmarked graves at the Kamloops former residential school site as finding “Le Estcwicwéy̓” (the missing).
The May 27 remembrance walk is being hosted by N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre, in partnership with Laurentian University and the Greater Sudbury Police Service.
Beginning at 12:45 p.m., the event will start at the 110 Elm Street location of the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre.
The walk will begin at 1 p.m. and take participants to Ramsey Lake in order to hold a ceremony at 2:15, located at the Orange Flower Memorial. Participants are encouraged to wear orange, as well as ribbon shirts and skirts.
