May 5 is REDress Day / No More Stolen Sisters

Red Dress Day honours the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada. Métis artist Jaime Black helped inspire the red dress movement, where red dresses are hung from windows and trees to represent the pain and loss felt by loved ones and survivors.

Updated April 30, 2024
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Reclaiming power and place : the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Canada)
Stolen sisters : the story of two missing girls, their families and how Canada has failed Indigenous women
Walter, Emmanuelle
In 2014, the nation was rocked by the brutal violence against young Aboriginal women Loretta Saunders, Tina Fontaine and Rinelle Harper. But tragically, they were not the only Aboriginal women to suffer that year. In fact, an official report revealed that since 1980, 1,200 Canadian Aboriginal...
Unbroken : My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
Sterritt, Angela.
Will I see
Robertson, David
May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there is strength in the...
If I go missing
Jonnie, Brianna
Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old...
Highway of Tears : a true story of racism, indifference, and the pursuit of justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
McDiarmid, Jessica
"These murder cases expose systemic problems... By examining each murder within the context of Indigenous identity and regional hardships, McDiarmid addresses these very issues, finding reasons to look for the deeper roots of each act of violence." --The New York Times Book Review
The break
Vermette, Katherena
Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award, The Break is a stunning and heartbreaking debut novel about a multigenerational Métis-Anishnaabe family dealing with the fallout of a shocking...
Betty : the Helen Betty Osborne story
Robertson, David
Helen Betty Osborne, known as Betty to her closest friends and family, dreamed of becoming a teacher. She left home to attend residential school and later moved to The Pas, Manitoba, to attend high school. On November 13, 1971, Betty was abducted and brutally murdered by four young men. Initially...
https://youtu.be/lH7FuxzrFvs
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the National Museum of the American Indian presented The REDress Project, an outdoor art installation by artist Jaime B...
https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/red-dress-day-what-it-is-and-how-it-began
Explaining Red Dress Day: How it started and why it’s important to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
https://amnesty.ca/activism-guide/red-dress-day-2024-take-action-on-may-5/#:~:text=May%205%20is%20Red%20Dress,and%202SLGBTQQIA%2B%20peoples%20(MMIWG2S%2B)
May 5 is Red Dress Day, a day to remember and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples (MMIWG2S+). Red Dress Day

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