Last summer I was very fortunate to be invited to a “Welcome Home” celebration hosted by the Tahltan Band Council in Telegraph Creek, BC. The event was for former students of residential schools and their families.
Over 500 people attended this very moving gathering and ceremony. My role was to take photos and document the event, and then create a publication that would capture the spirit and highlights of the gathering.
The booklet’s introduction describes why the Welcome Home gathering was held:
Over many decades in the 1900s, Tahltan children were forced into Canada’s residential school system.Continue reading