The non-profit organization called Chokecherry Studios is inviting everyone to contribute to the creation of an outdoor art installation in honour of Residential School Survivors and Missing Indigenous Children. Friday afternoon at two o’clock people are invited to gather at River landing to commemorate the 215 Indigenous children found in an unmarked mass grave at the former Kamloops Residential School site in British Columbia. They will be painting 215 stones along the bank of the South Saskatchewan River.

The group says, the City of Saskatoon does not yet have a monument honouring Residential School Survivors and Missing Indigenous Children. They hope this art installation will inspire municipalities across the country to collaborate with Indigenous artists, leaders and communities to erect monuments that honour the truth and dignify the pursuit of reconciliation.

Chokecherry Studios is a non-profit organization that offers arts-based programming, mentorship, production facilities and a gallery to young and emerging artists in inner-city Saskatoon.