Vandals have already targeted a bridge with Every Child Matters painted on it to honour residential school survivors and those who did not make it home.
Tseshaht elected Chief Ken Watts said a working group of Alberni Indian Residential School survivors asked the bridge be repainted orange to remind visitors and the community of the residential school.
In a statement posted to Facebook, Tseshaht First Nation says survivors, community members and children from Haa-huu-payuk School were invited to help paint the bridge earlier this week. This comes after the first phase of scanning for unmarked graves took place at the former Alberni Indian Residential School.
Donna and Wally Samuel helped paint part of the bridge orange on Tuesday. They both attended Alberni Indian Residential School and told CHEK News children were not alowed to cross the bridge.“I know it hurt a lot of people. It angered us you know, it angered us,” said Wally Samuel. “There are many idiot racist people around.”
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