Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

• Exploited: Sask. advocates say sex trafficking legislation misses the mark July 24, 2021 2:51 pm Saskatoon Star Phoenix Breadcrumb Trail Links Saskatchewan Part two of this series explores the current legislation and the gaps in resources for sex trafficking victims in Saskatchewan. Author of the article: Amanda Short Prof. Manuela Valle-Castro is director of the division …
• Judy Foote visits memorial garden for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls July 24, 2021 7:51 am CJON
• Will an Indigenous Healing Centre Finally Find a Home on Vancouver’s Waterfront? July 23, 2021 9:46 pm The Tyee The idea was first floated in 2000, but in two decades an Indigenous healing and cultural centre for Vancouver’s waterfront Crab Park has never gotten off the ground. Now, after yet another city park board motion, work may begin on developing a plan for …
• President Nez Joins Walk For Missing Woman On Navajo Nation July 22, 2021 10:24 pm KNAU - Arizona Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on Wednesday joined a group that’s walking across the Reservation in support of Ella Mae Begay, a 62-year-old woman who went missing from the Sweetwater community more than a month ago. Begay’s family is walking from …
• 'Everything's at a standstill': A Navajo woman goes missing and her family wants answers July 21, 2021 3:00 pm The Arizona Republic Gerald Begay talked to his mother, Ella Mae Begay, three days before she disappeared from Tòłikan (Sweetwater), in northeastern Arizona. It was a Saturday evening in June and they were talking about an upcoming visit this summer. Begay lives in Denver, …
• Fulton Arrington: The missing, the murdered, the trafficked July 21, 2021 1:11 pm The Rome News-Tribune - Georgia If you have spent any time on the road lately, you may have seen the decal, a red handprint on a black background. That decal is the symbol of the M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) movement. One might ask what crime, or issue, or conspiracy …
• Carving a totem pole for Opitsaht July 21, 2021 8:35 am Ha Shilth Sa Most families from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation had four totem poles displayed in front of their homes before European settlers arrived on the west coast in the late-1700s. When a woman married into a tribe, a totem pole was raised to depict her family’s …
• Crown-Indigenous Minister Carolyn Bennett's office is a 'toxic' workplace, ex-staffers claim July 21, 2021 8:31 am CBC/Radio-Canada Indigenous employees were regularly sidelined by a "toxic" working environment in the office of Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett but their complaints fell on deaf ears, several former staffers have told CBC News.  At least one …
• Open Letter to: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada July 21, 2021 12:59 am Wawatay News Open Letter to: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of …
• “Each/Other” unites the work of indigenous artists Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger July 20, 2021 6:52 pm Denver Post - Colorado Photo of “Every One” by Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Denver Art Museum. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post) The Denver Art Museum’s “Each/Other” is an experiment of sorts, comparing and contrasting — and then combining — the work of two contemporary …