{"id":207719,"date":"2025-09-23T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=207719"},"modified":"2025-09-23T00:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:19:21","slug":"town-of-huntsville-raises-survivors-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/town-of-huntsville-raises-survivors-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Huntsville raises Survivor&#8217;s Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Survivors\u2019 Flag was raised at Town Hall today, a symbolic lead-in to the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.<\/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>The flag is an expression of remembrance, meant to honour residential school Survivors and all the lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the wet and dreary weather, spirits were hopeful as Joyce Jonathan Crone, President and Founder of Hope Arises Project Inc., led those in attendance through a smudge ceremony. She asked everyone to look within themselves on how to build a stronger community through reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt really is resilience and strength,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we have lived through suffering and pain and trauma either directly or indirectly, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, it impacts, it affects who we are. So, I don\u2019t just say it, I walk the talk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crone read out 22 names of children who still have not been found, while noting that those are just a minuscule number of the thousands who never made it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a very important day,\u201d said Crone about the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. \u201cNot just on September 30, but it really should be every day. It&#8217;s reflecting on the children of residential schools that were taken and never came home, it&#8217;s reflecting upon survivors who are still here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crone is Haudenosaunee, Mohawk from the Turtle Clan, and grew up on the Six Nations of the Grand River.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a retired schoolteacher who moved to Huntsville in 2005 and says it\u2019s amazing to see the support the community has for the symbols of survivors of the residential school system, including the orange shirts, orange ribbons, and the Survivors\u2019 Flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI first arrived here in 2005 as a summer resident, I did not see myself reflected in this community,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI was one of the only brown people in this community and time has changed. Look at how long that&#8217;s been, so it&#8217;s truly significant and I feel empowered by that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to its website, Hope Arises is a project which see like-minded individuals collaborate to revitalize Indigenous ways of being and knowing. They envision a community committed to fostering cultural parity, diversity, and acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crone says when she sees and feels the positive energy from all walks of life in Huntsville and the surrounding areas, it means that unity can happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about giving us the ability to feel equal, to feel accepted, to feel empowered,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a big change from a little girl growing up on a rez to now helping and wanting my non-Indigenous community to come together and support what we\u2019re doing at Hope Arises, and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening.\u201d<\/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>The Survivors\u2019 Flag was raised at Town Hall today, a symbolic lead-in to the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. 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