Dene Nation national Chief Norman Yakeleya is calling on the Churches of Canada to participate in honouring each child taken from their families and to acknowledge its wrong actions.

In the wake of the discovery of 215 children at the Kamloops former residential school, Yakeleya called on all levels of government to collaborate and SA国际影视传媒渋mmediately begin similar search and excavation sites of former residential schools.SA国际影视传媒�

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In solidarity and remembrance of the 215 children who perished at the Kamloops institute and for all children that did not survive residential schools or other Canadian institutions for assimilation, the Dene Nation is hosting a memorial walk this Friday, June 4 from noon to 2 p.m. starting from the former Akaitcho Hall site. A pre-gathering will begin at 11 a.m. at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre.

Yakeleya listed residential schools, Indian hospitals, the SA国际影视传媒�60s scoop, federal day schools and ongoing issues of justice in correctional facilities as events that should compel a national inquiry.

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Yakeleya further called on the federal government and churches "to come clean as we walk the path towards reconciliation.

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