Summerlong gatherings for awareness of Indigenous unmarked graves to wrap up this weekend
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It was only supposed to be one day in June.
Two friends, overcome by sadness about discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential school sites, staged a protest at the site of Edmonton's former Charles Camsell Hospital.
Andrea Jenkins and Lorelei Mullings wanted people to know there could be unmarked graves at the site, which was once home to a segregated hospital for Indigenous people.
People stopped by, and some of them offered to join. By summer's end, dozens of people had spent 75 days on the awareness campaign, in three locations where elders believe people are buried.
"People just kept coming, and saying, you know, I could do another week. And it just snowballed into this," Jenkins said.
With autumn's approach, those outdoor protests will reach an end this week.
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