A teepee and a sacred fire were set up in front of the Manitoba legislature on Monday to honour Murray Sinclair, as tributes poured in from across the country for the former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools. Sinclair died in a Winnipeg hospital Monday morning. He was 73.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair Justice Murray Sinclair listens during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada British Columbia National Event in Vancouver on Sept. 18, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
"As we begin to mourn his loss ... I think we have to contend with the ultimate question of, now that we've been left to ourselves as Canadians, how are we going to take it from here?" Born in 1951, Sinclair was raised on the former St. Peter's Indian Reserve north of Winnipeg. He was a member of Peguis First Nation.
In it, Sinclair described discrimination he experienced being Anishinaabe in a non-Indigenous school. He served as co-chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba to examine whether the justice system was failing Indigenous people after the murder of Helen Betty Osborne and the police shooting death of J.J. Harper.
“Education is the key to reconciliation,” Sinclair said. “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out of it.”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Key architect of reconciliation: Judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73WINNIPEG — A teepee and a sacred fire were set up in front of the Manitoba legislature on Monday to honour Murray Sinclair, as tributes poured in from across the country for the former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissi
Read more »
Key architect of reconciliation: Judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73WINNIPEG — A teepee and a sacred fire were set up in front of the Manitoba legislature on Monday to honour Murray Sinclair, as tributes poured in from across the country for the former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissi
Read more »
Key architect of reconciliation: Judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73WINNIPEG — A teepee and a sacred fire were set up in front of the Manitoba legislature on Monday to honour Murray Sinclair, as tributes poured in from across the country for the former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissi
Read more »
Key architect of reconciliation: Judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73WINNIPEG — A teepee and a sacred fire were set up in front of the Manitoba legislature on Monday to honour Murray Sinclair, as tributes poured in from across the country for the former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissi
Read more »
'The best that we can be': Indigenous judge and TRC chair Murray Sinclair dies at 73WINNIPEG — Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy.
Read more »
'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray SinclairWINNIPEG — Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73.
Read more »