Mona Joe Woman Warrior Song

On Sunday September 19th the ashes of Mona Joe were spread on and around her rock high up in the pristine mountain valleys of Sutikalh.

Mona was central to the spreading of information around the proposed ski resort development in the Cayoosh by Al and Nancy Green Raine, and being a leader and organizer who succeeded in making the Sutikalh camp and future settlement a reality.

As an elder matriarch in the Mount Currie Band she galvanized the will and the efforts of many members of the community to preserve the pristine nature of Sutikalh, and to provide an on going presence as guardians well into the future, for the benefit of generations to come.

In the video Chief Gary John of the Seton Lake St'at'imc Nation sang the Woman Warrior Song as a lament of the death of a warrior.

The ceremony was attended by Mona's husband Eddie, Rosalyn, Hereditary Chief Kenny Peters, and Chief Gary John.

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