Warriors Walk for Healing Nations ends 2,000-kilometre walk to honour victims and survivors of residential schools
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., “ground zero for where the truth broke out,” says the man behind the Warriors Walk for Healing Nations.
Opinion: Residential school deaths from tuberculosis weren’t unavoidable – they were caused by deliberate neglect The walking group grew as it stopped in many communities along the way, said Henyu, who is a member of the Tahltan Nation. Their support vehicles were painted with orange handprints and adorned with signs and flags of participants’ home nations.
“I grew up in a community with three reservations and it’s very personal to me, that the people I know have all been affected by residential school,” Yuill said in an interview. “It’s a big part of our life and I walk for everybody, for every child, every woman, every man, every elder, every survivor, every one of our people that suffer.”Henyu said he walked more than 80 kilometres one day before group members decided to take turns walking in 10-kilometre stretches to conserve energy.
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