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Commemorating children who didn't come home (video)

The Shingwauk 2012 Commemoration Gathering and Conference: Healing through Education began late yesterday afternoon with a Commemoration Ceremony for all those who attended one or more of the many Residential Schools across Turtle Island.
SooToday Staff

The Shingwauk 2012 Commemoration Gathering and Conference: Healing through Education began late yesterday afternoon with a Commemoration Ceremony for all those who attended one or more of the many Residential Schools across Turtle Island.

Shingwauk Hall and the Shingwauk/Fauquier Chapel and Cemetery, (The Shingwauk site) were dedicated as a national memorial to residential school survivors and to all the many children who never returned home from the residential schools.

The Sacred Fire that will serve for both the Commemoration Gathering and the 10th annual Echoes of the World Drum Festival was lit at 3 p.m. on Friday, just before the commemoration ceremony began.

Both events will continue through the weekend at Algoma University.

The above video of the commemoration ceremony is by SooToday.com's Adam Gualtieri.

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