B.C. man walking 370 km to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous people [Video]

Clarence Abraham is 54 years old, but that hasn’t stopped him from embarking on an ambitious walk to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women in B.C.

“There’s not enough awareness in the world for missing and murdered Indigenous peoples,” Abraham’s niece Samantha West told Global News.

“And the list just grows longer and longer — even today, the list goes on and on.”

Abraham is walking 370 kilometres from his hometown of Takla to Burns Lake.

He will be stopping in Lejac in honour of his father, who attended residential school there.

West said her uncle was undergoing treatment about 10 months ago when he heard from some other patients about how families of missing and murdered Indigenous people never find out what happened to their loved ones.

“So one day he said, for his healing, for his journey and his self, that he wanted to do this to help all families around the world, …