When it comes to truth and reconciliation, saying "'I'm sorry' doesn't do anything," Cayuga Elder Norma Jacobs told the crowd assembled at Hamilton's West Harbour – James Street Plaza Tuesday. "We've got to do the work."

That work involves coming together, hearing one another, and trying to get past the divisions governments of the past created, Jacobs said.

She spoke as part of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation program put on by the City of Hamilton, which also included a sunrise ceremony, drumming and a talk by residential school survivor Leo Nicholas.

The emcee of Hamilton's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event Brandy Pasalic, centre, poses with members of Ninjiichaag Drummers. (Justin Chandler/CBC)

Brandy Pasalic, the city's project manager for Indigenous i

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