B.C. artist's monument to honour residential school survivors makes cross-country journey

B.C. artist's monument to honour residential school survivors makes cross-country journey

September 6, 2023 6:39 am PST.

An Indigenous artist from the Kwakiutl First Nation on Vancouver Island says the black and orange monument he built is meant to honour the victims of Canada's residential school system. It is making a cross-country journey from Port Hardy to Quebec.

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