Hundreds of people came out on Saturday for the first powwow of the season in Winnipeg, which was held to honour missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 16, 2021 Save to Read Later
William Hudson stood on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building last June, thinking about what he would say and who would be there to hear him say it.
William Hudson stood on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building last June, thinking about what he would say and who would be there to hear him say it.
He’d driven there in his pickup truck, along with his wife and box after box of supplies, arriving early to set up for a rally he never wanted to have, that every father prays will never be necessary. A few dozen people were sitting out on the grass, some holding signs with his daughter’s name Eishia spelled out in paint and in permanent marker.