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Saskatoon students honour residential school survivors in reconciliation run

Students at John Lake School spent the day learning about Métis and First Nations people, then hit the road for a run for reconciliation.

Noon-hour run at John Lake School takes participants past John Lake, Chief Whitecap statues

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Participants on the school's run Tuesday will pass this statue downtown, featuring Chief Whitecap and John Neilson Lake, two of Saskatoon's founders. (Trevor Bothorel/CBC)

In the name of reconciliation, students at John Lake School in Saskatoon are spending Tuesday with an international marathon runner, the chief of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation and two residential school survivors.

After the noon hour, students will join Canadian long-distance runner Ray Zahab for part of a run that will take participants along the South Saskatchewan River, finishing at the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.

During the run, participants will pass a statue of Métis leader Gabriel Dumont, then weave downtown past the statues of John Lake and Chief Whitecap. 

Lake is one of the men who founded Saskatoon on the site where the city now sits. A number of students from the Whitecap Dakota First Nation also attend the school. 

The event focuses on the importance of partnerships and is meant to mark Canada's 150th birthday. 

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