Quebec’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Visits Church Memorial to 215
Written by Paul Graif on 1 June 2021
Quebec’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafreniere was in Kahnawake Monday afternoon. He visited the tribute at the foot of the St Francis Xavier Mission Church to the 215 Indigenous remains that were discovered last week at the former Kamloops Residential school in British Columbia. The Minister also spoke with two Mohawk Council of Kahnawake elected officials about the relationship between Kahnawake and province. Lafreniere posted pictures on his Facebook page of his visit to the memorial made up of more than 500 pairs of shoes, orange shirts and teddy bears, left to commemorate the remains discovered in Kamloops.
