Chief Michael Starr and firekeeper Robbie Starr led the Orange Shirt Walk in Lebret on Sept. 30. The event was held on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation around the former residential school campus, which operated in the community from 1884 until 1973.

The chief of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council says although there is a lot of negative history about residential schools, Jeremy Fourhorns acknowledged “It wasn’t all negative and we have to remember that.” Fourhorns, who was among one of the last classes to attend Lebret’s residential school before it closed, says the National Day […]

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