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The World Beyond BetterMost => Women Today => Topic started by: Artiste on February 17, 2009, 11:06:06 pm
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Remembering lost loved ones (comment on this story)
'Now, she will never come back to us'
Posted By ANGELA SCAPPATURA, THE SUDBURY STAR
Posted 13 hours ago
On Saturday, a group of women and children gathered at the University of Sudbury to honour the hundreds of indigenous women murdered or missing in Canada.
Standing behind a table adorned with photos, pamphlets and candles, Marjorie Beaudry talked about the death of her 15-year-old niece.
She held up a framed, black and white photo of the girl and said her young family member is just one of the First Nations women who have never returned home.
Her niece, Mona Redbreast, was in the care of the Children's Aid Society nearly 10 years ago when she was killed while driving a stolen car to her home in Sudbury.
"She was so beautiful, she wanted to be a model," said Beaudry, a fourth year Laurentian University student. "Now, she will never come back to us.
"It's government policy that confined her to that."
It is important to understand the root of problems First Nations women face and create discussion on how they can protect themselves, said Beaudry.
The day of awareness is important to bring attention to the way Indigenous women in Canada are treated, she added.
"There are aboriginal women missing, murdered and unaccounted for. Canada should take up the issue and the cause of finding these women," she said. "It's a legacy of genocide and colonization and it has been happening since the arrival of the westerners.
"These women have to be accounted for."
Grand Council Chief John Beaucage said a major problem is law enforcement does not take complaints of missing First Nations women seriously.
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1437925
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How to remember and too to protect?
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http://www.missingnativewomen.ca/native4.html
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Did you see that very long list?
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Sad!