Revered Elder passes away in Sault Ste. Marie

Friends and family are mourning the loss of a prominent First Nation man and revered Elder from Sault Ste. Marie who survived Canada’s residential school system and became an instrumental part of getting a federal government apology. Arnold Michael ‘Mike’ Frederick Cachagee, 83, passed away peacefully Saturday at Sault Area Hospital…

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Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school students

Archeologists resumed digging Tuesday at the remote site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska, searching for the remains of children who died there decades ago. The search for a hidden cemetery near the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Nebraska…

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Multicultural Every Child Matters ride returns for 3rd year in Manitoba, sets sights on cross-Canada trip

Indigenous and Sikh motorcyclists in Manitoba made a third annual trip Saturday to honour children who died in residential schools, as well as survivors of the residential school system. The rumbling motors of the bikes roared down Pembina Highway as the Every Child Matters ride left from Dhillon Automotive Group in Winnipeg…

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‘They’re in my heart’: Residential school survivors trek from Wahpeton Dakota Nation to Duck Lake

It is more than 70 kilometres from Wahpeton Dakota Nation to the site of what was once the St. Michael’s Indian Residential School in Duck Lake. This weekend, several members of the community and survivors from that school walked that distance by foot to raise awareness of the horrors they witnessed and how they…

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