Roughly fifty people gathered on Sunday for a solidarity walk to support Indigenous rights at the Morden Lake.

"It's in conjunction with a walk that is just finishing in Ontario," said walk organizer Ken Kroeker.

"There's a walk that has been going on for the past two or three weeks, going from Kitchener to Ottawa (roughly 600km). It's also been organized to bring awareness to the 

Grand Elder Raymond Robinson giving a speech prior to the walkneed to pass Bill C-262, which is a Bill which is intended to support the United Nations rights of Indigenous People. It's an awareness process and hopefully a little bit of pressure on the politicians to consider this a little more seriously."  

Bill C-262 was introduced April 21st, 2016. Kroeker went on to say, "If the Bill is passed it requires the Canadian government to align all of its policies and legislation in keeping with the United Nations rights of Indigenous People."

The people involved in the walk spent roughly half an hour among the trails beside Morden Lake.  

"I was very moved when I heard this was going to be taking place," said Grand Elder Raymond Robinson. "Knowing that this was going to happen I wasn't expecting quite the turnout. To see the Canadian society, even the small communities, where the majority of the metropolis' get lost or don't know what's going on. Morden and Winkler are smaller communities and for them to know that there's some kind of thing happening out there and they are going to be walking in solidarity with us Indigenous People."

Robinson explained, seeing a walk like this happening in a smaller community in the Pembina Valley, is truly an awakening.

"I couldn't be more proud," he said.