Journey of Nishiyuu march arrives in Ottawa

[Joe Shlabotnik]

OTTAWA - Wrapped in ceremonial white, hooded jackets, nearly 300 young people arrived Monday on Parliament Hill to cap off a marathon winter trek through the Canadian hinterland inspired by the Idle No More movement.

Hundreds more supporters filled the steps beneath the Peace Tower to greet the walkers as they made their way to the Parliament Buildings from nearby Victoria Island on the Ottawa River.

Amid the relentless pounding of ceremonial First Nations drummers and the chants and songs of marchers, dozens of speakers pleaded with the Harper government to alleviate the harsh living conditions on some reserves.

Their long walk began when David Kawapit Jr., a 17-year-old from the isolated community of Whapmagoostui in northern Quebec, decided to trudge the staggering 1,600 kilometres from the edge of Hudson Bay to Ottawa in support of better conditions for aboriginal people.

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The Journey of Nishiyuu

[sabrina 1]

1. Very nice video.

I wonder why the poor and indigenous people always have to fight so hard to just be included in our Western
culture?

[limpyhobbler]

2. Amazing. I hadn't realized how far they had walked.

Was reading about this today but didn't realize they walked that far. I was watching a little bit of their rallies in Ottawa this afternoon it was playing on http://www.livestream.com/occupytoronto. There were over like 2000 people watching the stream when I had it on.