ADVERTISEMENTWINNIPEG — A Manitoba indigenous leader plans to walk 120 kilometres next month in a decidedly different commemoration of Canada's 150th birthday. Derek Nepinak, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said his Walk to Remember is to celebrate the resilience of indigenous people in the face of what has happened to them since Confederation. Nepinak plans to walk from the site of a former residential school that his mother attended in Dauphin, Man., to his home community — Pine Creek First Nation — where another residential school once stood. Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, pictured speaking in Winnipeg in 2016, plans to walk 120 kilometres to celebrate the resilience of indigenous people in the face of Canada's 150th birthday. Along with a number of supporters, Nepinak plans to cover the 120-kilometre distance over four days starting June 16.

Source: Huffington Post May 21, 2017 16:18 UTC