Walk a sign of unity between communities
‘We can live together, we can be side by side, we can grow.”
These were some words shared today at a unity walk which took place today, Feb. 12, from the Flying Dust First Nation band office into the City of Meadow Lake. After Gerald Stanley’s acquittal in his second-degree murder trial for the shooting death of 22-year-old Cree man Colten Boushie, a number of communities across the province and country are hosting rallies to share a message of peace.
Flying Dust First Nation Chief Jeremy Norman and several community members started organizing the event over the weekend. Nearly 300 people showed up to show support from the City and Rural Municipality of Meadow Lake, Flying Dust, Green Lake, Waterhen Lake First Nation, the Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (MN-S), and many places in between. Leaders from these communities shared words with the crowd.
“We wanted to organize something is to show our community, to show Saskatchewan, and to show Canada it’s not conquer and divide. It’s not us against them,” Norman said. “We’re so much stronger when work together. As a community, when you’re hurting, other people step in and help you along, and that’s what I see, and that’s the reason for this walk, to show we are united and we are one.”