"So many women and children before us have had to run for their lives to protect their children," Walker said in a statement provided to The Canadian Press.
In the statement, Walker said she was failed by the Saskatchewan justice system because "nothing was done" after she reported domestic abuse to police and child protection authorities.
Walker's pickup truck was found at a park south of Saskatoon, along with some of her belongings, and some people feared Walker and her son had drowned in the South Saskatchewan River.
On Monday, Saskatoon police announced they were working to extradite Walker back to Canada where she faces charges of public mischief and child abduction in contravention of a custody order.
An affidavit filed in Oregon court from Clinton Lindsly, a special agent with Homeland Security, says Walker and the boy's biological father had been engaged in a lengthy custody dispute and she was supposed to return the child on July 25.
"I am fighting systems that continuously fail to protect me as an Indigenous woman and protect non-Indigenous men," Walker said in her statement.
said they want Walker to remain in custody until a trial7
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