Alexandra Noad

Lethbridge Herald

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Sept. 22 is widely known as the first day of fall, it is also the anniversary of Treaty 7 and the kick-off for Truth and Reconciliation Week.

Truth and Reconciliation Day has been observed as a federal statutory holiday, with many provinces such as British Columbia, Manitoba, P.E.I. as well as all three territories, also adopting the statutory holiday.

The City of Lethbridge held an opening ceremony at City Hall on Monday, which included speeches from delegates representing both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.

Julius Delaney, an elder from the Blood Tribe, spoke to the media regarding reconciliation and says it should be the celebration of how the Indigenous people have been able to adapt to colonialism

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