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Oka unveiled an open-air Human Nature Art exhibit featuring three Kanehsata’kehró:non artists, in an event that also served as part of Oka’s campaign to build a bridge between the two neighbouring communities.

The Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) held its annual Indigenous People’s Day concert in Cabot Square over the weekend, in affiliation with POP Montreal.

Melanie Morrison wishes more people had the chance to meet her little sister Tiffany.                 “She was a ball of energy. She impacted everyone that she knew. She just had that energy, you knew she was there,” Morrison said. “When she was taken, there was a black hole that was left. When her life was taken, there was a spark taken from our family.”

Not much has changed since we wrote an editorial called “Red alert for Red Dress Alert” two years ago. That’s not unexpected, in fact it’s by design, but that doesn’t make it any less upsetting, considering the scope and urgency of the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people (MMIWG2S+), which is nothing short of a countrywide emergency.

The Urban Indigenous Action Group National Summit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+) provided a space for advocates, survivors, family members, and government representatives to come together to forge a path forward for change this week in Ottawa, an opportunity that left Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Melanie Morrison hopeful about steps forward in the fight for justice.

A mapping project that has been years in the making will provide concrete data related to the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+) in Quebec, information that its creators say will shed light on the sheer scale of the crisis dating back decades.

A four-day mukluk-making workshop at the Tsontkwahtentionhátie farm is not only helping participants create cozy winter footwear, but also strengthening community ties and sharing cultural knowledge.

On October 4th, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) joined communities across Canada in recognizing the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People (MMIWG2S+).

Melanie Morrison describes the moment she received the King Charles III Coronation Medal as “bittersweet” – it was a profound acknowledgement of the work she’s done to fight for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S) people, but it was also an aching reminder of how much there still is to do.

The past few months have been jam-packed for Kanehsata’kehró:non Julia Kanathiiostha Lazore – while juggling getting married in May and graduating from the Ratiwennenhá:wi Adult Immersion program in June, she’s spent every morsel of free time preparing for the Miss Indigenous Canada pageant, which took place in Six Nations of the Grand River last weekend.