It was obvious that the people who attended the event were engaged in listening to the details of the history and traditions for the elaborate regalia of the dancers and the explanation of the movements of the dance and the sounds of the drum. The first-hand account of the life of a seven-year-old little girl in a residential school by Edna Brass, an Elder with the Kawacatoose First Nation was not only enlightening but very sad. This was probably the first time many had heard firsthand what little children experienced when they were taken from their homes and placed in schools where they did not understand the language, what was happening and what was expected of them.
There were a very creditable number of orange shirts visible on the walk around the town and it drew interest from those watching from their yards or in their windows as the walk passed by on their street as well. You could sense the beginning of a developing understanding on both sides as everyone sat down together in the school at the end of the walk to enjoy the lunch of Bannock, coffee, iced tea and juice.
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