Brothers walking across Canada to find truth
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This article was published 27/07/2021 (1712 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A pair of brothers from Alberta are trekking across the country in hopes of getting the Canadian and Indigenous governments to “tell the truth” about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and the country’s residential school system.
Adam McDonald and his brother, Stanley Jean, started their journey in Fort McMurray, Alta., and have been on the road since May 29. They stopped in Brandon for two days before starting out for Winnipeg on Monday afternoon. Their goal, McDonald says, is to reach Ottawa this summer. But if necessary, they’ll keep travelling as far as the East Coast.
“Our journey is never going to end until we get the truth from the Canadian government and also from the Indigenous governments,” McDonald said.
“We want truth to be part of reconciliation.”
As part of the ’60s Scoop, McDonald was removed from his home when he was approximately 18 months old. He spent time in a foster home before having to attend residential school at the Lac La Biche Mission in Alberta.
He spent more than 14 years attending day school and residential school at The Mission.
He only met his brother — a member of the Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation — a few years ago.
“What we want to hear from the government is the truth, what happened to all our brothers and sisters in the day when the priests and the nuns were hurting our brothers and sisters,” McDonald said.
“We don’t need that anymore. It’s a new century, and we’ve had enough.”
McDonald has had experience on the road before. In 2016, he walked for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from Fort McMurray to Ottawa on his own.
This time, he has company.
When McDonald and his brother reach Ottawa, they would like to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett to ask them to bring the truth to all Canadians.
“The fight will never end until the truth comes out.”
McDonald and Jean hope to reach Winnipeg by the end of the week.
» mgoerzen@brandonsun.com