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Solidarity with Indigenous communities on #canadaday in Smithers

A woman sits with two children at the Indigenous solidarity day in Smithers BC
On July 1, locals wore orange shirts that read Skak tsïewh hibibe onzin, which means "children are the heart of our community" in Wet'suwet'en. Photo by Dan Mesec.
Pamela Haasen - CICK - Smithers • BC | 06-07-2021
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The town square pavilion ("Bovill Square") was the site of a reflective Canada Day on July 1 in Smithers.
There were no fireworks and not a Canadian flag to be seen, but, instead, orange shirts that read Skak tsïewh hibibe onzin, which means "children are the heart of our community" in Wet'suwet'en.
Ronald Alfred Mitchell, a Wet’suwet’en descendant of a residential school survivor, spoke with CICK News during #canadaday for the #solidarity event for Indigenous children who were forced into residential schools in Canada.
Listen to this episode to the interview with Ronald Alfred Mitchell and to hear words from Smithers Mayor Gladys Atrill, and a local public health nurse who works with Indigenous communities in the North:
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