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PHOTOS: Walpole Island honours 215 children who died at Kamloops school
June 4, 2021
Alex Kurial/The Independent
Hundreds of people gathered on Walpole Island to honour the 215 children found in a mass grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
The march Friday began at the Bkejwanong Kinomaagewgamig School and went down Tecumseh Road before stopping for ceremonies at the Residential School Monument where tributes were paid to the children.
Mourners walk from the local school to the momument on Walpole Island. 
A sacred fire was kept during the ceremony A mourner pays tribute at the Walpole Island memorial to residential school victims. Hundreds of people gathered Friday to remember 215 children found in a mass grave at a residential school in BC. 
Children’s shoes mark the memorial. They’ve become a symbol of the tragedy of death in residential schools 
Walpole Island’s Residential School Memorial was the site of the ceremonies 
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