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• Reclaiming Power and Place

  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),

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  The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The Final…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unbroken

  My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

  Sterritt, Angela,

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  Angela Sterritt (Gitxsan) weaves her own story of survival against the odds into the fabric of the MMIWG2S crisis and humanizes the numbers and statistics that are at times incomprehensible. An unflinching look at this systemic issue the author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Voice of Fire

  a Memoir of a Warrior Rising

  Morin, Brandi,

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  Award winning and internationally known French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin takes readers with her as she reflects on her life. As a survivor of the MMIW crisis Brandi has gone on to use her voice to uplift the stories and seek justice for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Name Is Shield Woman

  a Hard Road to Healing, Vision, and Leadership

  Scalp Lock, Ruth

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  Siksika elder, Ruth Scalplock, shares her story of working to heal not only herself, but others in her community. Given the name Awo Taanaakii, which means Shield Woman, Scalplock went on to found the Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society in Calgary, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Dresses on Bare Trees

  Stories and Reflections on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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  Editor Michael Hankard (Abenaki) dedicates this book to all the Indigenous grandmothers he spoke to as he compiled this book of writings about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Drawing on traditional teachings and including diverse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forever Loved

  Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada

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  Editors Jennifer Brant (Mohawk) and D. Memee Lavell-Harvard (Wikwemikong) have gathered a collection of essays from academics and activists. This book is essential reading for those who want to dispel the toxic stereotypes that are often used to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Good Relation

  History, Gender, and Kinship in Indigenous Feminisms

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  This collection of essays assembled by Sarah Nickel (Tk’emlupsemc) and Amanda Fehr (non-Indigenous), highlights the strength of Indigenous women through the voices of Indigenous artists, activists, and scholars.

• If I Go Missing

  Jonnie, Brianna,

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  This graphic novel for teens has created a pictorial accompaniment to a letter that Brianna Jonnie (Ojibwe) wrote to the police, government, and media about the ways in which they are failing missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Jonnie,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Calling My Spirit Back

  Alec, Elaine

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  Elaine Alec's (Syilx and Secwepemc Nations) memoir is personal and powerful. She describes how her traditional teachings were a source of healing for her and hopes that others will use her story as a tool to help them sort through intergenerational…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Keetsahnak

  Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

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  An eye-opening collection of essays and personal stories that examine all aspects of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and provide an Indigenous perspective for the work that needs to be done to address this issue.

• Facing the Monumental

  Belmore, Rebecca,

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  Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe) is a multidisciplinary artist and the first Indigenous woman to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale. Witness 28 years of Belmore using her voice as an artist to speak on land and water rights, women's lives and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Vol. Two

  a True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

  Monkman, Kent,

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  Monkman uses a blend of history, fiction, and memoir to chronical the histories that Miss Chief bears witness to from the moment of confederation to the present. The traumas and tragedies pile throughout as Monkman and Gordon illustrate the building…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invisible Victims

  Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

  McCarthy, Katherine,

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  Katherine McCarthy, of Mi'kmaq and Irish descent, focuses on the horrific murders of Loretta Saunders and Tina Fontaine -- as well as the indifference of law enforcement and media -- within the broader context of the generations of discrimination,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ashley Callingbull Burnham

  REDx Talk Series

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  Ashley Callingbull Burnham (Enoch Cree Nation) is an actor, film producer, and the first Indigenous woman to win the Ms. Universe pageant. In this REDx Talk Series presentation she shares her personal story and her work as an advocate for missing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Strength of Women

  Âhkamêyimowak

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  Editor Priscilla Settee (Cree) has gathered together fifteen stories from Indigenous women who she believes embody "Âhkamêyimowak" a Cree word that represents the resilience of these women to not only survive, but to thrive and work for empowering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thunder Song

  Essays

  LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu,

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  This collection of essays are for the 14-year-old Sasha out on the rez, the one who needed to see that there is power in community, Indigeneity, queerness, music, and being unapologetically punk. Sasha presents a path to healing and survivance for a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stories of Métis Women

  Tales My Kookum Told Me

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  A collection of stories from different Métis women this book is a celebration of their voices as they reflect on topics like Nation building, culture, identity, residential schools, discrimination, and resiliency. Their stories have also been…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Will I See?

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Shadowy and atmospheric illustrations accompany David Robertson's (Swampy Cree) fictional story of a young girl, May, who gathers the keepsakes of missing and murdered Indigenous women. As her kokum makes these keepsakes into a necklace, May…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Northern Wildflower

  Lafferty, Catherine, 1982-,

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  Catherine Lafferty shares her life experiences as a Dene woman who grew up in a small northern mining town in her debut memoir. This book is the coming-of-age story of a woman who became a leader in her community as a council member of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stolen

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  This short film, which premiered at imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, follows a fictional teenager named Sheena who runs away from a girls home only to be picked up by a threatening stranger. Kanienʼkehá꞉ka actress, Kawennáhere Devery…Read moreRead more of this annotation