Convoy honours Le Estcwicwéy̓

Jun 19, 2022 | 3:17 PM

Support services are in place for residential school survivors and their families here.

TK’EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC — About a dozen trucks rolled into the area around the Powwow Arbour in Tk’emlups just after 2 p.m. Saturday. The convoy was in solidarity with Secwépemc people after the confirmation of potential burials on the site of the former Kamloops Residential School.

The parking lot was flooded with orange t-shirts as members of the community gathered to grieve and share their feelings more than a year after the confirmation.

Mike Otto drives a semi. He organized a convoy last year and wanted to hold the event for a second time to keep the conversation going.

“There’s still a lot of healing that needs to be done… bring recognition to what happened to the people of our Indigenous culture,” he said.

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“There’s still a lot of work to be done.”

About 15 minutes later, another group rolled in, but on smaller vehicles: a group of about 20 motorcycle riders with the Sikh Motorcycle Club of Canada. Some of the riders came from as far as Chilliwack and Abbotsford.

Member of the Sikh Motorcycle Club Daljit Sandhu says the Sikh community faces similar injustices as the Indigenous community.

“We are losing our culture today, also. Like the names being changed, not letting them speak the native language in the schools these days, teaching them English, so these are all the similarities that are there,” said Sandhu.

Members of both groups announced to the crowd that they plan to host another convoy next year on June 10.

by Stephanie Swensrude

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