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This poem by Marilyn Dumont, from her book “A Really Good Brown Girl” (1996), captures outsiders’ mistreatment of Indigenous women. The poem is about Helen Betty Osborne, a 19 year old Cree woman from Manitoba who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1971.

This is a poem by Deloria Many Grey Horses on the subject of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She submitted this poem to Art Saves Lives International Magazine to honour murdered and missing Indigenous women and their families, and as her clarion call to the Indigenous community and the global community of the beauty, strength and resiliency of Indigenous women.

On June 15, 2024, Mississippi Mills held a memorial for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQTIA+ people, featuring The Canadian Library installation of 8,000 name-bearing books wrapped in Indigenous-designed fabrics.

On April 30, 2024, the Vancouver Island Regional Library hosted a virtual author talk with Angela Sterritt in honour of Red Dress Day, where she discussed her bestseller “Unbroken” and the MMIWG crisis, featuring a Q&A session and a public broadcast at the Cowichan Branch to raise awareness and encourage community engagement.

On November 25th, 2023, the Ontario Native Women’s Association hosted its eighth annual Poetry Night, “Strong Hands Stop Violence,” featuring Indigenous poets and musicians in Thunder Bay to raise awareness about violence against Indigenous women and girls.