June 24, 2024

Freedom Day: The history of the day children left residential school

National Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated in many different ways. Among the Mi’kmaw in Nova Scotia June 21 is known as Freedom Day – the day children left the Shubenacadie Residential School for the summer.

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