Hundreds wear orange while walking for reconciliation in Regina

People grasped hands and stepped to the beat of the drum at Regina’s mâmawêyatitân centre on Monday.

A number of walks and awareness events took place across the city on Canada’s fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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Fawn Redwood helped organize the event at the mâmawêyatitân centre, which was attended by a few hundred people.

“It’s wonderful to see how many people come, show up and just participate,” she said.

Redwood, who is from the Cowessess First Nation, said she was thinking of her late grandmother, who attended a residential school.

People dressed in orange hold hands and side step around the mâmawêyatitân centre to the beat of a a drum. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)

The day is about listening and learning, she said, and is also about reclaiming Indigenous culture.

“People are still relearning their culture; relearning the languages,” Redwood said. “Slowly, we are trying to take that back.”

Roberta Williams, who was in attendance at the mâmawêyatitân centre event on Monday, said she is still learning about her family’s Métis heritage.

“We want our young children to remember something like today and how important it was, so they can continue telling everyone about truth and reconciliation, and making a change in the world today,” Williams said.

Williams said she was thinking about her stepmother, who attended a residential school.

People pass through Victoria Park in an honor walk during the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)