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Through the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG2S) and children, we are able to gain perspective on the violence faced by the communities.
Generations of Canadians have gone through life unaware of residential schools, the historical and ongoing effects of the Indian Act, the significance of treaties, or the contributions of Indigenous Peoples to Canada's mosaic.


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delaine Copenace
Delaine Copenace, 16, was reported missing in Kenora, Ont., on Feb. 28, 2016, and her body was found in a nearby lake almost a month...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delores Brown
Delores Brown, 19, was last seen on July 27, 2015. Family and friends notified police two days later. Brown was from Penelakut Island,...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delphine Nikal
Delphine Nikal vanished on June 13, 1990. She was 16 years old, and living in Telkwa, British Columbia. On the day she went missing, she...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Doreen Hardy
Doreen Hardy, 18, was last seen with 43-year-old Jane Bernard getting into the same car on Aug. 27, 1966, in Port Arthur, in what is now...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Cecilia Nikal
Cecilia Nikal was 15-years-old and new to Vancouver when she vanished. She arrived in the city on Aug. 1, 1989, to visit her mother, but...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Cherisse Houle
Cherisse Diane Marie Houle, 17, had plans to change her lifestyle to raise her 18-month-old son in a healthy environment. She was...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Cheryl Duck
Cheryl Duck, 15, was killed and left face-down in a field behind a residential area in Winnipeg’s Maples subdivision. Media reports from...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Coral Baird
Coral Baird was 15 years old when she was last seen on July 2, 2006 at her home on the Tsawwassen Reserve in British Columbia. She is...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Betsy Owens
Betsy Owens, 15, was a sister to three girls when she vanished from Manitoba’s Pauingassi First Nation on Oct. 23, 1988. The lead...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Brandy Vittrekwa
Brandy Vittrekwa, 17, belonged to a close-knit family and lived with her mother and brother in Whitehorse, Yukon. On Dec. 8, 2014, her...


Sep 8, 2022
Story of Brittany Bearspaw
Brittany Bearspaw, 16, was found dead on the Trans-Canada Highway near Morley, Alta. on Jan. 1, 2006. An Alberta medical examiner...


Sep 7, 2022
Story of Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace
Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, 14, was found dead on April 17, 2016, a few days after she walked away from a Kenora, Ont., hospital. She had...


Sep 7, 2022
Story of Adrienne Amikons
Adrienne Amikons was brutally murdered on December 18, 1997 by Jean Anne Rudski a woman whom her mother had met at the Peterborough...


Sep 7, 2022
Story of Alisha Germaine
Alishia (Leah) Germaine, 15, was last seen at a Christmas dinner at the Native Friendship Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, in...


Sep 7, 2022
Story of Amanda Cook
Amanda Cook went missing from the Harvest Fair Festival in Rossburn, Man., on July 13, 1996. The 14 year old girl had gone to the fair...


Sep 7, 2022
Story of Amanda Bartlett
Amanda Sophia Bartlett, 17, planned to become a published author, but was seen for the last time in July 1996 around Winnipeg’s Selkirk...


Sep 7, 2022
Aielah Saric-Auger
Aielah Saric-Auger was 14 when she disappeared on Feb. 2, 2006. Family members said the Leidli T’enneh First Nations teen had spent the...


Sep 5, 2022
Story of Annie Yassie
Annie Yassie was 13 years old when she disappeared on June 22, 1974. She had just returned to Churchill, Manitoba, from a residential...
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