Reconciliation event called positive step in Calgary
Posted Jun 16, 2015 10:57 pm.
Last Updated Jun 16, 2015 10:59 pm.
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The chair of the Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee said he hopes Tuesday evening’s reconciliation event in Inglewood will help build on the mayor’s proclamation during Aboriginal Awareness Week last year.
The event has been called a positive first step in reconciliation between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Calgarians.
In a release, Evelyn Good Striker echoed Naheed Nenshi’s words that Aboriginal people are seen as meaningful contributors to Calgary, and they get to equally enjoy a quality of life that is afforded to all Calgarians.
The event at the Festival Hall on 10th Avenue SE included Strathmore High School’s drama class putting on a performance of the story of Chief Yellow Old Woman’s journey through the residential school system.
Good Striker said there were seven residential schools in Calgary’s Treaty 7 area during what the prime minister has called Canada’s dark history.
The prayers, performances and stories told Tuesday evening come on the heels of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s historic report that called the former residential school system a form of cultural genocide.
