b'YOUTH"I STARTED PLAYING HOCKEY WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD, SO MOVEMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WAY FOR ME TO STAY BALANCED IN THE FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE MEDICINE WHEEL, PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY." Trchelle Bunnparents, who are residential school survivors, told me and thatManitoba asking me how they can get involved with the healing my dad heard growing up, Bunn says. Theyre stories that thewalk, and if they were non-Indigenous could they still participate, Indigenous community has been telling for generations, but soso my answer was yes, Bunn says. The healing walk took place many people ignored survivors and their voices for so long. on July 1, 2021, as part of the Cancel Canada Day movement, and Bunn says that while other people were doing walks and marcheswe probably had around 70 participants in total from my commu-after the discovery in Kamloops, the idea of doing something withnity, but also from surrounding communities and also non-Indige-movement resonated with her, noting that she also reflected backnous participants.on the experiences of her unkan and kunshigrandfather andBunn says an Elder and survivor from her community, Terry grandmother in Dakotaat the Birtle Residential School. Wasteste, shared his story and performed a traditional pipe cere-Something that my Unkan Donald told me when I was youngermony at Birtle Residential School to begin the walk.was that when he was at the Birtle Residential School, he wanted nothing more than to run away and go home, but he never didWe had our Elder and survivor there sharing his story and his make the attempt himself because he saw the consequenceshopes for the future for reconciliation. Starting the walk with a of what happened when his classmates made the attempt,traditional pipe ceremony on the property of a residential school Bunnsays. and institution that was dedicated to eradicating and completely Bunn says she organized the healing walk in honour of her Unkandestroying Indigenous culture, teachings and way of life was Donald and other survivors across Turtle Island and all those whoreally powerful, and for a lot of survivors from my community [it] never made it home. was the first time they had ever been back to Birtle Residential School and had walked away on their own terms, Bunn says. So I made a post on Facebook about it and ended up gettingfor my community, and I think for a lot of non-Indigenous people, some media attention from CTV Winnipeg and CBC News, andit was healing, but it was also kind of an educational piece for pretty soon I was receiving a lot of inquiries from people acrossnon-Indigenous peoples.Trchelle Bunn with Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation Chief Lindsay Bunn Jr. Credit: Thomas Charrett.36 INDIGENOUS INNOVATORS, ICONS & INFLUENCERS |ISSUE 1, 2023'