Wood smoke and songs kick off MMIWG Inquiry in Winnipeg
Elders blessed the sacred fire and put down their bundles to open the week of hearings for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Winnipeg Monday.
Elders blessed the sacred fire and put down their bundles to open the week of hearings for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Winnipeg Monday.
Children for sale, women gone missing, and bodies dumped in rivers – these are some of the crimes commissioners probing an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls will hear about at the national inquiry in Winnipeg Oct 16-20.
Marlene Jack is threatening court action against the anti-inquiry coalitions to keep the Murdered and Missing Women and Girls Inquiry on track.
Roddy Sampare stood before the commissioners at the national inquiry hearings in Smithers, B.C. and told the story of his family’s tragedy like he had told it a thousand times before.
When Wet’suwet’en Chief Vivian Tom went to the scene of her daughter’s last moments RCMP officers would not let her across the barricade of yellow tape.
Surrounded by autumn colours and mountain-side mist, people gathered for the Tears 4 Justice Walk to honour and recognize those who are missed and gone, and make the journey south to Smithers, B.C.
After schedule changes and delays, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is set to begin hearings Tuesday in a community along the so-called Highway of Tears in B.C.