Vigil held for young woman brutally slain on small Manitoba First Nation
SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. — A sombre candlelight vigil has been held in honour of a 19-year-old woman slain on a small Manitoba First Nation.
Two girls, aged 16 and 17, are charged with second-degree murder in the death of Serena McKay of Powerview, Man., on the weekend at the Sagkeeng First Nation, 120 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
Light snow gentled drifted down Thursday evening as dozens gathered at the reserve’s pow-wow grounds.
Earlier in the day, a group of women walked through the community smudging it with sacred medicine to cleanse it of negative feelings.