N.B. news: First Nations ceremony in Salisbury sees massive crowd [Video]

Hundreds of students, teachers and parents from 11 different schools around southeast New Brunswick gathered in Salisbury Tuesday as part of Truth and Reconciliation week.

Members of First Nations communities held a Mawiomi or powwow, a Mi’kmaq ceremony with song, dance and prayers.

Listuguj first nation elder Chris Wysote said the celebration honours indigenous traditions, some a thousand years old, while promoting Truth and Reconciliation Day and the Every Child Matters movement.

“They’re still some that are missing and we pray for them to be found, to bring them home, to have closure in their families,” said Wysote. “It’s important to us that we make sure that our families have that closure, the grievance that they need for their children.”

Wysote said it was very nice to see many of the children in attendance wearing orange.

“It’s nice to honour that throughout the year and not only have that just …