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Tag Archives: Sisters In Spirit
AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN ONTARIO, CANADA + PHOTO ESSAY OF THE 9th ANNUAL STRAWBERRY CEREMONY IN HONOUR OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN (TORONTO)
Hundreds of Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered in the land now known as Canada. Every February 14th, Indigenous peoples and their allies gather in front of police headquarters in Toronto, Canada (and various places across the country) … Continue reading
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Tagged 800+ Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Annual Strawberry Ceremony for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Canadian Colonialism, First Nations Women, Highway of Tears, Indigenous Feminism, Murdered Native Women in Ontario, No More Silence, Sisters In Spirit, Vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Violence Against Women
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HUNDREDS OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN ARE MISSING AND HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN CANADA
Is Canada a utopia? It’s often described as such: safe haven, melting pot, welcoming… For many people it is not any of these. One of the main things that is not talked about is that Canada is stolen land. Canada … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal Women, Canada is stolen land, Eden Robinson, February 14 vigil for Native Women, First Nations Women, Highway of Tears, Indigenous Feminism, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, No More Silence Vigil, Operation Thunderbird, Robert Pictkon, Sisters In Spirit, Violence Against Women
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WASHING THE WORLD: A POEM FOR CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN
Washing the World By Anna Marie Sewell In the dark at this end of the year so much stacked up against the light between us, against the odds despite the tears, in this season’s bitter wind listen to a dream … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal poetry, Anna Marie Sewell, Canadas Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, decolonization literature, Edmonton Poetr Laureate, First Nations poetry, Highway of Tears, Indigenous Feminism, Mi'gmaq Nation, Mi'gmaq poetry, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women, Resistance Poetry, Sisters In Spirit, Violence Against Women, words of resistance
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REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A THANK YOU LETTER FROM A YOUNG CREE WOMAN
Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Women, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered Native Women, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Sisters In Spirit, TEDx, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against Women
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REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: OP ED: “LEST WE FORGET”
Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lest We Forget", Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba, Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Opinion Editorial, Patriarchy, Remembrance Day, Robyn Bourgeois, sexism, Sisters In Spirit, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against First Nations Women, Violence Against Women
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ZAINAB AMADAHY READS HER POETRY
I met Zainab in 2005 at an Indigenous solidarity meeting. We immediately connected. The past five years has seen us attend many political events together, engage in long conversations on the phone and over coffees while discussing mixed race identity, … Continue reading
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