Teepees will line the space outside city hall on Friday as Toronto prepares to mark the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre holds Indigenous Legacy Gathering on Friday, SaturdayTeepees are being set up in Nathan Phillips Square as part of the Indigenous Legacy Gathering being organized by the Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre.Crews were busy constructing the teepees on Thursday at Nathan Phillips Square, where the Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, a cultural agency, will hold its sixth annual Indigenous Legacy Gathering.
"We live in Toronto. We don't just live out in the woods. These type of things are just ways for us to let people know that we exist, we're here, and celebrate with us," he said.On its website, the council says the gathering is an "avenue where stories, teachings, and the vibrant traditions of our people are shared and appreciated through workshops, presentations, dance, film, and music.
More than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were forced to attend church-run, government-funded residential schools between the 1870s and 1997. The schools aimed to assimilate Indigenous children while eradicating Indigenous languages and cultures, and there was widespread abuse.Anthony Gladue, a storyteller, said the day is a time for Indigenous people to remember residential school trauma and it's a time for non-Indigenous people to understand that trauma.
Dean Doxtator, a residential school survivor, said the day is emotional and hits home. He said he's not sure if Canadians understand the full impact of residential schools on Indigenous peoples. Both Friday and Saturday will begin with a sunrise ceremony. The days, mostly scheduled the same way, will feature land acknowledgements, information about the city's plans for a Spirit Garden at Nathan Phillips Square, Indigenous dancing, drumming, singing, vendors, lacrosse teachings, sacred fire teachings and Metis fiddlers and jugglers.Commemorate Truth & Reconciliation: Andrew Balfour, Marie Gaudet, Jimmy Dick, Julian Taylor, Zoey Roy and more at Koerner Hall on Friday at 8 p.m.
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