[Canucks on Instagram] “When we talk about reconciliation we talk about an education, and that’s what this is really all about for all of us.” Chief Willie Sellars of Williams Lake First Nation addressed the team in the locker room this morning for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.”
by 21marvel1
4 Comments
I think it’s great that they do this and hope that everyone understands the message. I like this quote I saw:
“Reconciliation should not be about an apology, nor should it be like a holiday or a birthday.
When we have a ceremony once a year reconciliation should be like a river; continuous and always making change.” – Eddy Charlie
Hell yea Willie! Williams laker checking in. This man has done so much for the community.
Keep moving forward – the wlib is amazing and they are all about building community.
Love seeing my indigenous friends get their masters degrees, start businesses, and have hope for the future.
Couldn’t have happened without people like Willie moving forward and forging relationships with the greater community.
Williams Lake has grown so much since the 2000’s and at the core is the indigenous population. Way to go !
Saw one guy in the live game thread talking about how the orange shirt wasn’t visually pleasing to him…here’s some history bro:
>The inspiration for Orange Shirt Day came from residential school survivor Phyllis Jack Webstad, who shared her story at a St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion event held in Williams Lake, British Columbia, in the spring of 2013. Webstad recounted her first day of residential schooling at six years old, when she was stripped of her clothes, including the new orange shirt her grandmother bought her, which was never returned. The orange shirt now symbolizes how the residential school system took away the indigenous identities of its students. However, the association of the colour with the First Nations goes back to antiquity, the colour represents sunshine, truth-telling, health, regeneration, strength and power.
That all went over really well at the game. That it’s leading up to being proud Canadians, both indigenous and non indigenous