Friends, family, teachers, and Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division leaders were on hand to recognize Victor Thunderchild’s legacy with the unveiling of a special project at John Diefenbaker School.

The school is home to the Cree Language program for students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 in Saskatchewan Rivers.

The Cree Language program is Thunderchild’s legacy. On Thursday, his wife Vi Thunderchild said the project meant a lot to her.

“This was Victor’s dream,” she said. “This is for every person, I think, who’s been in Residential School who got hit for talking their language. This really meant a lot to, I think, to every person who speaks not just the Cree language, but every other language. It’s so important to learn your language, whether you’re Ukrainian, Cree, Soto, Chinese

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