Monday marks six years since Tina Fontaine’s body was discovered in the Red River in Winnipeg.
The young teen was originally from Sagkeeng First Nation, north of the city.
A man charged with her murder was found not guilty in 2015.
Fontaine’s death led to changes in Manitoba’s child welfare system, including ending the use of hotels to warehouse children in care.
It also galvanized calls for a national inquiry into the hundreds of cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada.
And led to the revitalization of the Bear Clan Safety Patrol, which now has chapters in numerous citie
