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Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)
Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)

Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)

Date6/13/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall; Members of Grass Roots; the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer; do their various things in the three-tent encampment they set up in Nathan Phillips Square to get public support for their venture. They sang; danced and chanted Wacheea; an Indian word meaning community; adopted as slogan for their campaign. They also gave free buffet lunch to onlookers.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019745F