Indigenous communities across the country were shocked when 215 dead children were uncovered in a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. earlier this week.

Now, these communities are coming together in remembrance of those who died at the schools, and those who still carry their pain.

Vigils and demonstrations have happened across the country, but now there'll be one right here in Estevan.

At 1:30 P.M., there will be a vigil in Estevan in front of the city hall to remember those who were affected by the residential schools.

There will be prayers spoken in Cree, Michif, and English, as well as drums.

Linda Sopp, the president of the Métis nation Saskatchewan's local #25 area is organizing the vigil. 

"We wanted to make awareness of this happening because of the residential schools. It was all to indigenous people it wasn't just done to the Métis," said Sopp, "it was done to pretty well everyone that was native. We just want to make people aware that this has happened and it should have never happened. So that their deaths weren't in vain and we will recognize it."

Sopp says that indigenous communities went through a lot of pain from residential schools - pain that hasn't gone away.

"There's a lot of people that were in the sixties scoops and the last of the residential schools closed in 95 there's still a lot of hurt, and we want to change this," said Sopp. "We want to be able to be there for them and help them get through this because it's devastating."

There'll also be guests at the vigil from across Saskatchewan.

"We'll have Michael Lonechild who's a Saskatchewan artist and he's going to pray in Cree and give a speech," said Sopp, "We have Elder Norm Fleury - he's a Métis elder from Saskatchewan and he's going to be doing prayers in Michif and he'll also be talking.  We also have the Mayor of Estevan his Honourable Roy Ludwig."

Sopp asks that anyone attending the vigil tomorrow adhere to social distancing guidelines.