First Nation Man Remembered 1,200 km from Home in Ontario

A member of Long Lake

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First Nation, Percy Onabigon, is being honored in Oxford County as his family prepares to repatriate his remains after years of advocacy. Taken to St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School at six, he died from tuberculosis at 27, and his reburial in his home community is scheduled for next week.

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