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The future led the past as students from School District 62 gathered on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people in Langford to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women on Friday, May 3.

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Ruth King, David Cameron, Savory Elementary Schools and Spencer Middle School students gathered at the Veterans Memorial Parkway Langford cenotaph for the Red Dress March.

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Discussion around reconciliation and the trauma facing Indigenous Peoples have grown around Canada, said Kendra Gage, executive director for Hulitan Family and Community Services Society.

According to Gage, growth has been significant, but efforts toward decolonization still need to be made.

Last year, the Red Dress march had two schools marching and it doubled this year, which brings a lot of hope to the Hulitan community, said Gage.

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In the audience was Sandra Seaweed, the grandmother of Carsyn Seaweed, who was found dead in Duncan under suspicious circumstances, according to a release from Duncan RCMP.

B次元官网网址淪he was murdered,B次元官网网址� Sandra Seaweed said.

A sense of fear surrounds many Indigenous communities, said Louie, with people said to have committed suicide when there was no history of mental health concerns.

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Getting to dance, drum and sing is something that Louie was not able to do when he was at school and education of his Indigenous heritage happened outside school hours. But seeing the crowd gather for the Red Dress march fills him with hope.

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The growth of the march and the continuing discussions around reconciliation have been something that Langford Coun. Colby Harder, who was at the march, is happy to see.

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Indigenous issues have garnered more attention in the last three years as more and more Nations have conducted searches for mass graves at former residential schools throughout the country.

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As many as 4,000 Indigenous women have been killed or have vanished across Canada, many along Highway 16, the Highway of Tears, in northern B.C. around Gitksan territory.

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Clifton sang and danced with the Hulitan community, encouraging the children to join.

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