Indigenous leaders call on Canadians to 'own your own truth' on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Canadians are being called to "own your own truth" when it comes to the country's history and treatment of Indigenous people on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The day was made a federal statutory holiday earlier this year, as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended in its 94 calls to action. It will be held annually on Sept. 30.

It honours the children who died while being forced to attend residential school and the survivors, families and communities still affected by the system's legacy.

Hundreds gathered at a ceremony held on Parliament Hill to mark the day.

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Wakerakatste Louise McDonald Herne, a condoled Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council, called on Canadians to "know the history of this country and the corruption it was built upon."

"You need to correct the wrongs and you have to own your own truth," she said.