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Hundreds Attend Yellowknife Truth and Reconciliation Ceremony

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC · How we work

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The Native Women’s Association of the Northwest Territories organized a Truth and Reconciliation ceremony in Yellowknife.
Hundreds attended with the YWCA, Dene Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance and NT/NU Friendship Centres.
YWCA elder Darlene Powder said the ceremony supports children who never returned home from residential schools.
Attendee Danielle Wendehorst warned white-nationalist denial of residential-school genocide persists and urged more settlers to listen.

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The Native Women’s Association of the Northwest Territories organized a Truth and Reconciliation ceremony in Yellowknife.
Hundreds attended with the YWCA, Dene Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance and NT/NU Friendship Centres.
YWCA elder Darlene Powder said the ceremony supports children who never returned home from residential schools.
Attendee Danielle Wendehorst warned white-nationalist denial of residential-school genocide persists and urged more settlers to listen.