5 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FREE PRESS • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
All First Nations people and their families are impacted in some significant way and have experienced intergenerational trauma.”
Grand Chief Jerry Daniels
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Grand Chief Jerry Daniels, a member of Long Plain First Nation, leads Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO).
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keeping pace, never mind closing the gap?” Thankfully, he says there are people who are com- ing forward as allies within those systems including all levels of colonial governments. “It’s not an easy fight. I thank regular Canadians who are confronting those values and those perspec- tives because it is a cultural change and a generational change that is required,” he says. “My hope is that it doesn’t take too long.” Survivors and intergenerational Survivors seeking support and those wanting to learn more about South- ern Chiefs’ Organization can go to scoinc.mb.ca or fol- low the organization on its social media channels.
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