October 4 is Sisters in Spirit Day, honouring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, gender-diverse, Two Spirit, and transgender people.
Indigenous women, girls, transgender, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people continue to go missing and are murdered at an alarming and disproportionate rate. - Safe Passage, NWAC
Take the time to learn about this challenging topic and how you can support affected communities.
Read profiles of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls with CBC’s Case Explorer.
The MMIWG support line, at 1-844-413-6649, provides 24/7 support to the family, friends, and community members impacted by the loss of a missing or murdered Indigenous woman, girl, transgender person or Two Spirit person.
Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat As One by Willie Poll and Chief Lady Bird
A determined young Anishinaabe girl in search of adventure goes on a transformative journey into a forest on her traditional territory. She is joined by a chorus of her ancestors in red dresses, who tell her they remember what it was like to be carefree and wild, too. Soon, though, the girl is challenged by a monster named Hate, who envelops her in a cloud of darkness.
Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid
A searing and revelatory account of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls of Highway 16 and an indictment of the society that failed them.
Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters edited by Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell and Christi Belcourt
The tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home as contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective.
Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt
Sterritt shares her memoir as a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, alongside investigative reporting into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. She shows how colonialism and racism led to a society in which she struggled to survive as a young person and in which the lives of Indigenous women and girls are ignored and devalued.
Surviving the City. Vol. 2, From the Roots Up by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan
Dez's grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into her identity as a Two-Spirit person. Will Dez be comfortable expressing her full identity? And will her community relearn the teachings and overcome prejudice to celebrate her for who she is?
