‘Lead Our People Into Sunlight’: Indigenous Leaders, Community Members Reflect on Mass Stabbing Tragedy

Darryl Burns, brother of victim Gloria Burns, speaks during a Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations event where leaders provide statements about the mass stabbing incident, at James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., on Sept. 8, 2022. The Canadian Press/Heywood Yu

There was a heartfelt plea for forgiveness and healing at a news conference on the James Smith Cree Nation on Thursday.

Darryl Burns, whose sister Gloria Burns was killed in the stabbing rampage that left 10 people dead on Sunday Sept. 4, said his sister died trying to help others.