Tomorrow is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a time to reflect on the history and ongoing legacy of residential schools.

The Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance, an organization that advocates for and celebrates Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer communities, has mixed feelings about the occasion.

The executive director of the alliance, Tianna Bennett, likes having an opportunity to celebrate their resiliency, but the fact that they have to have that occasion is cause for concern.

Bennett, who speaks from the perspective of Indigenous queer and gender-diverse people, says the system is stacked against them.

The group’s intention is to build relationships with two spirit Indigenous communities and allies.

“We have some of the highest rates among missing and murdered Indigenous people, a

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