Haida Gwaii song by John Spearn at Walk4Justice 2008 Edmonton

Indigenous (Native, Aboriginal) women in Canada are five times more likely than other women of the same age to die as the result of violence -
Amnesty International Stolen Sisters report @
http://www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_overview.php

Walk4Justice 2008 Vancouver to Ottawa for Canada's Murdered and Missing (an estimated 80%+ are Aboriginal women).

"Walk 4 Justice 2008 is a grass roots movement founded by Gladys Radek and Bernie Williams tasked with raising awareness of the plight of missing and/or murdered women and children. Whether the missing are from The Highway of Tears, The Pickton Farm, the Downtown east side of Vancouver or any-town Canada; this organization has called on the Prime Minister of Canada to call for a public inquiry. The list of over 2900 names was walked across Canada from Victoria BC in June of 2008 arriving at Ottawa on Sept. 15th 2008." - cited from Facebook group site @
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=mf&gid=14313758782

More info also @
http://walk4justice.piczo.com/?g=50173373&cr=6
Many more articles, videos, and interviews are available online.

This video shot July 03, 2008 @ the Canadian Native Friendship Center (Edmonton) by Rainer Bronner shows the volunteer music performance by singer-songwriter recording artist John Spearn of his original song Haida Gwaii a tribute to the Haida people and their land with best wishes for all people to share the spiritual blessings he sings about. John is of mixed Irish & Abenaki (Quebec First Nations tribe) ancestral traditions with many original songs that describe Canadian history and places.

John Spearn music site @
http://www.myspace.com/johnspearn

Haida Gwaii .mp3 recording listen @
http://www.myspace.com/raindancerubberboots

Volunteer music artists line-up arranged by Rain Bronner volunteer founder RaiNDaNCe RuBBeRBooTs humanitarian group http://www.waterforlifefestival.org/raindance_rubberboots.html

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[CanadianCharlene]

a nice song