La Ronge was also once the location of a residential school. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

first nations

Smudge walk and candlelight vigil planned this afternoon for victims and survivors of residential schools

May 31, 2021 | 11:04 AM

A smudge walk and candlelight vigil will be held Monday to honour children of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and survivors of residential schools.

The event is being hosted by Men of the North and the walk from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band office to the urban reserve in downtown La Ronge will start at 4 p.m. It’s specifically being held to remember the 215 children buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

The walk begins today at 4 p.m. at the band office. (Men of the North)

The children, some as young as three, were students at the school, which was once the largest in Canada’s residential school system.

The urban reserve in La Ronge was once the site of Lac La Ronge All Saints Indian Residential School from 1907 to 1947. According to information from the University of Regina, the school was overcrowded and many children died from tuberculosis and measles.

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