A crowd gathered in Charlottetown on Monday to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Lennox Island Chief Darlene Bernard explains how marking the day helps raise awareness, and her hopes for First Nations people in the future.
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Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw People. The Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq have occupied this Island for over 12,000 years. We honour the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which recognize Mi’kmaw rights and establish an ongoing relationship between nations, past, present and future. We are all Treaty People.