\u0027Mamianaq,\u0027 Francis said as cheers rumbled through the crowd. The word means \u0027sorry\u0027 in Inuktitut, one of several Indigenous languages barred from residential…
“Mamianaq,” he said as cheers rumbled through the crowd of a few hundred people in Iqaluit.
The apology mirrored others the pontiff gave at stops in Alberta and Quebec, during which he also spoke words in Cree, Blackfoot and Nakota. The brief stop in Nunavut’s capital marked the first time a pope has travelled to the territory. Francis met privately with Inuit residential school survivors and their families before taking part in a public cultural event.
One person held up a sign calling for the Doctrine of Discovery, a decree from the Vatican that was used to justify colonization, to be rescinded. It was a message seen at nearly every stop on the Pope’s tour.Article content He also had a private meeting with Indigenous leaders and survivors in Quebec City earlier Friday. Ghislain Picard, head of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador, said it will be up to each person to decide if the Pope’s trip met their expectations.Article content
Chief Duke Peltier of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation in northern Ontario said after the meeting that he had expected “a little more sincerity and more of an acceptance of responsibility for the church’s participation in the assimilative efforts of our people.”Article content
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