A final good bye to a Native sister
Robin Cameron, 29 succumbed to devastating injuries she received after being shot while on duty as a RCMP officer near Spiritwood, Saskatchewan. She passed away in hospital on Saturday night at 11:00 PM. She leaves behind an 11 year old daughter.
Constable Robin Cameron was more than just a sister as a native woman. She was, and still is, an inspiration to women, to single mothers and to native people that are raised on reserves.
Life can be wonderful and life can be full of dispair when you live on a reserve. The land is beautiful, the air is healthier and families are abundant. But there are also abnormal percentages for alcohol abuse, violence, teen pregnancy and suicides. I do not know which side of this coin Robin lived on. I hope and believe that life was good to her in her formative years. Afterall she grew up with a strength of character that would later mold her life choices. The choices that made her shine as a human being.
As a single teenage mother she saw and over came many struggles. She dropped out of highschool when pregnant. This was meerly a slight pit stop on her road. Two years later she returned to school and completed what she needed too.
Then there was her first application attempt with the RCMP. She was rejected due to her poor eye sight. She would not be deterred from the career she had wanted since childhood, opting to have laser eye sugery to correct her eyes. And again she applied for the RCMP and was successful.
She would make a difference in the world.
She did just that. With strength of will and character. I admire her. I hope that her family and her daughter can take some comfort in the memory of Robin Cameron. She was a good woman. An inspiration.
My regret is that we only had an opportunity to know this incredible, strong and brave woman at her end. We, as Canadians and the native community, should have known her much sooner. A bright star, far too soon burnt out.
Constable Robin Cameron was more than just a sister as a native woman. She was, and still is, an inspiration to women, to single mothers and to native people that are raised on reserves.
Life can be wonderful and life can be full of dispair when you live on a reserve. The land is beautiful, the air is healthier and families are abundant. But there are also abnormal percentages for alcohol abuse, violence, teen pregnancy and suicides. I do not know which side of this coin Robin lived on. I hope and believe that life was good to her in her formative years. Afterall she grew up with a strength of character that would later mold her life choices. The choices that made her shine as a human being.
As a single teenage mother she saw and over came many struggles. She dropped out of highschool when pregnant. This was meerly a slight pit stop on her road. Two years later she returned to school and completed what she needed too.
Then there was her first application attempt with the RCMP. She was rejected due to her poor eye sight. She would not be deterred from the career she had wanted since childhood, opting to have laser eye sugery to correct her eyes. And again she applied for the RCMP and was successful.
She would make a difference in the world.
She did just that. With strength of will and character. I admire her. I hope that her family and her daughter can take some comfort in the memory of Robin Cameron. She was a good woman. An inspiration.
My regret is that we only had an opportunity to know this incredible, strong and brave woman at her end. We, as Canadians and the native community, should have known her much sooner. A bright star, far too soon burnt out.
posted by Kari at 10:37 AM
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