Alberta men begin walk to Ottawa to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls – Global News
June 8, 2021
For two men walking from northern Alberta to Ottawa to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the news that the remains of 215 children had been discovered at the site of a former residential school in B.C., has only served to strengthen their resolve.
“We are fighting for every lost child in this world,” Adam McDonald said Monday night.
McDonald and Stanley Gilbert Jean arrived in Edmonton on Monday to a warm reception organized for them near the Alberta legislature.
McDonald said they heard about the horrific discovery while they were on the first leg of their journey, which began in Fort McMurray, Alta.
He suggested it reaffirmed to him that concerns that have been raised by Indigenous people for decades have not been listened to.
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