LibGuides: Indigenous Resources: MMIWG2

Red Dress Project - Jaime Black
The REDress Project focuses around the issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project has been installed in public spaces throughout Canada and the United States as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through the installation I hope to draw attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women and to evoke a presence through the marking of absence.
Moosehide Campaign
The Moose Hide Campaign began as a BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children. It has since grown into a nationwide movement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians from local communities, First Nations, governments, schools, colleges/universities, police forces and many other organizations – all committed to taking action to end this violence.

I am here today to bring continued awareness to “Why We Wear Red?” Today we wear red to recognize the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Transgendered, and Two-Spirited.

Today we wear red:

- to raise awareness for our indigenous relatives

- to call attention to the invisible and the silenced

- to welcome the spirit of those who are lost; to allow them to be felt, heard, and not forgotten

- to call attention to the disproportionate rate of violence against indigenous people

- to call attention to indigenous women like me

* who is 3X more likely to be a victim of violence

* who is 12X more likely ti become a victim of homicide

- for the 11% of missing women in Canada

- because violence against indigenous people is systemic and a national crisis

- to eventually lead to collaborative action and change.

Today we wear red so Indigenous women like me will be remembered

Noelani Avveduti

Lunch time address 2022

MMIWG2S+

Highway of Tears
The Highway of Tears Governing Body was formed as a result of one of the Highway of Tears Symposium Report Recommendations and it provides direction and support to our work.
Final Report MMIWG
Reclaiming Power and Place
The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
Native Hope - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)
There is widespread anger and sadness in First Nations communities. Sisters, wives, mothers, and daughters are gone from their families without clear answers. There are families whose loved ones are missing—babies growing up without mothers, mothers without daughters, and grandmothers without granddaughters. For Native Americans, this adds one more layer of trauma upon existing wounds that cannot heal. Communities are pleading for justice.