Quilts and Reconciliation
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Quilts and Reconciliation
Ground penetrating radar searches will begin this summer at the site of the local previous residential school. This is a difficult time for survivors and their families. The local bands are planning a ceremony to mark the beginning of the search for unmarked graves and as part of the ceremony they will wrap everyone who attended the school with a quilt. The local guild has been busy making quilts for them. This is my top.
This is separate from the Quilts for Survivors which is a Canada-wide initiative from which quilts are provided.
I think that pouring ourselves into quilts for our local residential school survivors is truly an act of reconciliation.
This is separate from the Quilts for Survivors which is a Canada-wide initiative from which quilts are provided.
I think that pouring ourselves into quilts for our local residential school survivors is truly an act of reconciliation.
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b.zang - a beautiful quilt. <3
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Gorgeous quilt, b zang. I admire your effort to use your quilting skills toward reconciliation. It is much needed. You have inspired me to expand my donation efforts and find a similar outlet in my area. Thank you and kudos to you!
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Check out the quilts for survivors website as well. They are based in Ontario but reach across the country. https://www.quiltsforsurvivors.ca/
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Sewbizgirl, what b.zang is referring to is the fact that there have been hundreds of graves found at many residential school sites across Canada and there are continuing efforts to try to find closure and peace for survivors by discovering the resting places of so many Indigenous children who never came home from the schools they were forced to attend. :-(
b.zang - a beautiful quilt. <3
b.zang - a beautiful quilt. <3