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Penticton's Walk for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Draws Largest Crowd Yet

About 60 people participated in the Lower Similkameen Indian Band's Community Walk for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 29, traveling four kilometres from the Chopaka Bridge along Chopaka Road to the North Chopaka Road intersection.
Elder Herman Edwards shared his experiences with the Residential School System, recounting how Indian Agents took his family and forced his separation from his mother during childhood.
"It took me a while to get back into our language, and it was only one year I went," said Edwards. Children from across the Okanagan and Similkameen were separated by gender and barred from speaking their culture.
This event, like many taking place across Canada, coincides with the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, aiming to bring the community together to reflect on the past and build a stronger path forward.
The Okanagan Nation Alliance and Penticton Indian Band will host a Walk for the Children on Sept. 30, heading to the SIRS Monument where First Nations families were forced to surrender their children to residential schools.

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Penticton's walk for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation draws largest crowd yet

More than 1,000 people showed up to Walk for the Children in Penticton, an event held in remembrance of the children who never returned home from residential schools and those who survived. Members of the Penticton Indian Band, the syilx community, local elected officials, and the broader community ...

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