Language, culture stolen by residential schools now part of reconciliation process

September 16, 2021 @ 12:24 pmListowel Banner, News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Residential school survivors participate in a memorial walk for Joe Commanda, a young boy who ran away from the Mohawk Institute and was killed by a train in Toronto. The survivors recall their language and culture being stripped from them and work hard now to revitalize both, in honour of those who did not make it home. (Cory Bilyea photo)
The United Nations (UN) named 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages to highlight the need to preserve, revitalize and promote the use of the world’s estimated 7,000 Indigenous languages – 2,680 of which are considered to be in danger. “Languages play a crucial role in the daily lives of people, not only as…
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Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Cory Bilyea is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Wingham Advance Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.