{"id":45358,"date":"2021-06-11T08:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=45358"},"modified":"2021-06-11T08:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:26:23","slug":"mr-mrs-simon-say-miigwetch-wawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/mr-mrs-simon-say-miigwetch-wawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. &#038; Mrs. Simon say, \u201cMiigwetch Wawa!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.22.23-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45362\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.22.23-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.22.23-AM.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.22.23-AM-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45359\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.18.12-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45359\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45359\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.18.12-AM-237x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.18.12-AM-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.18.12-AM-475x600.png 475w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.18.12-AM-768x971.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-8.18.12-AM.png 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Longtime residents of Wawa, Margaret and Maxie Simon offer prayers of condolence and place tobacco at Queen&#8217;s Park 215 Memorial. (photo supplied)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prior to the establishment of the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 residential schools in Spanish, Ontario the Jesuits operated a day school at Wiikwemkoong First Nation beginning in 1838. In 1862 the Wikwemikong Industrial School, Girls&#8217; Department opened. In 1878 the corresponding Boys&#8217; Department was opened by the Jesuits with assistance from the Canadian government.<\/p>\n<p>Both Maxie and Margaret Simon attended the residential school system and wish to express their deep heart sentiments to the families and relatives of the 215 children\u2019s bodies found at the Kamloops Residential School.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tobacco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45361\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tobacco-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tobacco-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tobacco-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tobacco.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see this memorial placed in Wawa\u2019s Queens Park was a touching moment for the two survivors who moved to Wawa in 1952. \u201cWawa has been good to us and we appreciate this gesture of respect and acknowledgement by the people of Wawa. We hope and pray the government and church leaders learn the past cannot be buried, it must be dealt with in an honourable and just way\u201d says mom and dad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to the establishment of the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 residential schools in Spanish, Ontario the Jesuits operated a day school at Wiikwemkoong First Nation beginning in 1838. 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