I am grateful for the time we shared and the privilege to have learned from his powerful teachings and lessons, writes Stephanie Scott, executive director, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Mazina Giizhik-iban, Murray Sinclair, was an inspiration to many people across this land. To me, he was a mentor, an adviser and a dear friend. I am grateful for the time we shared and the privilege to have learned from his powerful teachings and lessons.
The Water Walk began in Norway House and ended in Manigotagan, Man. Along the way, Katherine and the others would end each day by placing a collection of five grandfather rocks on the path to signal where they would pick up the next morning. They laid the rocks in the formation of a turtle, a symbol of our connection to the land.
Later that day, Laver’s brother Charles was driving down the road and lo and behold what did he see walking up to the road from the creek? A huge snapping turtle. He called Laver and told him to come and meet him, and the two brothers gently lifted the animal into the back of the truck and brought it home where it was kept in a bathtub until it was time to take it to Murray. And so, it was. When Murray asked, the Creator provided the man who did so much for so many with a mikinak .
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