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Empty Chair Transferred to Tk̓emlúps

Posted on: June 16, 2025

A powerful symbol of remembrance and healing—the ceremonial chair first placed at the 2022 National Gathering on Unmarked Burials—has been formally entrusted to Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc. Over the past two and a half years, it has gathered sacred offerings from communities across Turtle Island. The chair will now remain with Tk̓emlúps, who have committed to sharing it with other communities in honour of the missing children.

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Laver Simard (left), Kimberly Murray (centre), and Darrell Boissoneau (right) at a ceremony transferring the empty chair and its sacred items last month. Photo: Kimberly Murray from The Eastern Door story.