First Nations in north-central B.C. are mourning Justa Monk, a longtime leader and advocate for Indigenous rights in the province, who died Wednesday at age 75.
“He was a character and was an icon in First Nations leadership in B.C. and Canada,” B.C. Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee said in a Facebook post.
Deputy Premier Carole James called Monk a “larger than life personality… passionate about his work for his people.”
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