Today's Warrior Life Podcast is a special extended interview with lawyer Kimberly Murray - a Mohawk from the Kahnesatake Mohawk Nation - who currently serves as the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools.

Kimberly comes to this position with a great deal of related experience having been the former Executive Director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Prior to this she was the Executive Director of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto and appeared before the Ipperwash Inquiry in Ontario and Frank Paul Inquiry in BC.

You can find information about the Office of the Special Interlocutor; Kim's mandate; upcoming gatherings and meetings; and status reports on the website: https://osi-bis.ca/

You can follow Kim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kahnasatake

LINK to the YouTube (video) version of this video here:

https://youtu.be/36N8d5QYNsg

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