{"id":114406,"date":"2022-06-08T13:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=114406"},"modified":"2022-06-08T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:25:18","slug":"town-installs-commitment-rock-to-signal-its-commitment-to-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/town-installs-commitment-rock-to-signal-its-commitment-to-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Town installs Commitment Rock to signal its commitment to reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A message from the Town of Huntsville <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Town\u2019s commitment to honour the healing journey of the Indigenous community and participate in the ongoing process of reconciliation, a Commitment Rock has been installed adjacent to Town Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a formal ceremony has not yet been scheduled, residents are able to view the Commitment Rock and reflect, listen, learn, and heal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Town will continue to consult with Indigenous educators and formally recognize the installation in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Terziano reflected on how the Commitment Rock installation is another step toward council\u2019s commitment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe installation will be a lasting reminder that we are on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, an acknowledgement of the tragedy of the residential schools and a commitment to reconciliation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rock has been engraved with the Town\u2019s land acknowledgement statement to recognize that the Town is built on traditional territory of Indigenous people and incorporates bronze moccasins to honour the lives of residential school children and survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Town of Huntsville is committed to the ongoing process of reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from the Town of Huntsville As part of the Town\u2019s commitment to honour the healing journey of the Indigenous community and participate in the ongoing process of reconciliation, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":114409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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