Reconciliation and celebration: syíyaya Days fast approaches

Drumming and singing - part of syíyaya Days, 11 days of events celebrating Indigenous culture, histories and ways of knowing. (Photo Yahoo News)

June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day kicks off syíyaya Days, 11 days of events celebrating Indigenous culture, histories and ways of knowing. It’s a partnership between the syíyaya Reconciliation Movement, shíshálh Nation and the District of Sechelt. This is the third year of the celebration. “We named it syíyaya days, which means family days because it’s time to start walking together and planning events that we can all enjoy. It’s in the true spirit of reconciliation,” ʔakista xaxanak Garry Feschuk, hereditary chief and former elected chief of the shíshálh Nation, and co-chair of the syíyaya Reconciliation Movement, explained at the celebration’s inception in 2022. The syíyaya Days celebrations begin on June 21, with music and a potluck by the Canadian Métis Nation, held at the Seaside Centre from 11 a.m….

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