“There was really this sense that there needed to be something done. We needed to stand up for the survivors, stand up for that voice, stand up for the truth,” says activist and Batchewana band member Sarain Fox
Two members of Batchewana First Nation garnered a lot of attention in mainstream media and social media after they unfurled a large banner with the words "Rescind the Doctrine" emblazoned in red and black paint during Pope Francis’ stop in Quebec City during his visit to Canada to apologize to residential school survivors.
“There was really this sense that there needed to be something done. We needed to stand up for the survivors, stand up for that voice, stand up for the truth,” said Fox, speaking with SooToday Thursday. “This isn’t just a time for the Pope to parade around.” Fox met up with family members — including her uncle, councillor and former Batchewana First Nation chief Harvey Bell — in Quebec City after making plans to meet up in the weeks leading up to the Pope’s appearance.
Fox originally wanted to take her aunt, Mary Bell of Batchewana First Nation, to Quebec City. Her aunt Mary spent nearly a decade in the Spanish Indian Residential Schools which operated between 1913 and 1965 in Spanish, Ont.
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