Cree survivors from northern Quebec choose different ways to engage — or not — with Papal visit.
Survivor Clara Napash from Chisasibi and youth delegate Allison MacLeod on their way to meet Pope Francis at the Citadelle in Quebec City. Several Cree survivors made the several hour trip to see the Pope while he's in Quebec. Others chose to stay home.Some Cree survivors have made the trip to Quebec City to be among hundreds of people gathered to hear the pope's address late Wednesday on the Plains of Abraham.
Youth delegate Allison MacLeod from Mistissini joined Clara Napash as guests of Cree Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty, who also met with Pope Francis Wednesday at the Citadelle, a fortress overlooking the Plains of Abraham and the St. Lawrence River, bordering the old city. A busload of survivors from Cree Nation of Mistissini made the trip to Quebec City to hear Pope Francis' address. Other survivors also made the trip from other Cree communities such as Oujé-Bougoumou, Waswanipi and Waskaganish.
"He's a spokesman for one of the biggest organizations in the world. He's also a human being. He's doing something that other Popes haven't done in the last 500 years. Caroline Longchap is a residential school survivor from the Cree community of Oujé-Bougoumou. She was one of about 10 survivors from Oujé to make the trip.The Cree community of Chisasibi chose to not send an official delegation to Quebec, deciding instead to hold its local healing Residential School Gathering.
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