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By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun Premier Wab Kinew will be in Brandon tomorrow as Truth and Reconciliation Day events return to the Riverbank Discovery Centre with activities focused on healing through tradition. Kinew is expected to take part in the Orange Shirt Day Walk before making an announcement at the site of the former Brandon Indian Residential School. An unveiling ceremony will take place at the site for a permanent monument consisting of a centre panel made of black granite, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief Jennifer Bone said. With the addition of eight additional panels, the finished monument will list the names of students who attended the school, as well as survivors and children who never returned home, she said. \u201cOur staff have spent a lot… <\/p>\n

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By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun Premier Wab Kinew will be in Brandon tomorrow as Truth and Reconciliation Day events return to the Riverbank Discovery Centre with activities focused on healing through tradition. Kinew is expected to take part in the Orange Shirt Day Walk before making an announcement at the site of the former Brandon Indian Residential School. An unveiling ceremony will take place at the site for a permanent monument consisting of a centre panel made of black granite, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief Jennifer Bone said. With the addition of eight additional panels, the finished monument will list the names of students who attended the school, as well as survivors and children who never returned home, she said. \u201cOur staff have spent a lot... <\/p>\n

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