Record Turnout Marks Every Child Matters Walk and Residential School Memorial Unveiling in Tyendinaga

Record turnout marks Every Child Matters walk and residential school memorial unveiling in Tyendinaga

(Napanee, Ontario) The sixth annual Every Child Matters walk, hosted by the Tyendinaga Native Women’s Association, drew its largest crowd to date before participants gathered for the unveiling of a new residential school memorial.

Monument dedicated to students of residential schools unveiled on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

Adam Prudhomme Editor A monument dedicated to the children forced into residential schools was unveiled at Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory’ Karonhiaktakie Sports Complex on Wednesday. Hundreds of people clad in orange shirts for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation gathered around to witness the tarp be pulled off to reveal the powerful symbol. The structure consists of two Indigenous parents with a silhouette of a child between them, only a pai…

Monument unveiled in Tyendinaga honouring those affected by the residential school system

A monument was unveiled containing the names of those affected by the residential school system, as well as a QR code containing a website link that provides educational resources and local residential school history. September 30, 2026. (Photo: John Spitters/Quinte News)