Islanders young and old gather to discuss Mi’kmaw culture, history and reconciliation – CBC

Oct 07, 2024

Attendees aged 12 to 90 were looking to learn more about Indigenous peoples

When Theresa Spingle was in school, she never learned about Indigenous people and residential schools. Decades later, she’s doing her own work to educate herself.

“It wasn’t part of our curriculum,” she said. “It was the old standard curriculum because it’s been a long time since I’ve been in Grade 8 — and even when I finished teaching, it wasn’t really a big part of the curriculum.”

On Friday, Spingle was one of dozens of people who attended Abegweit First Nation’s Truth and Reconciliation event at its administration office in Scotchfort, P.E.I.

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