Abigail Andrews
Ada Brown
Adele Rose Mary Matinet
Adrienne Amikons
Aielah Saric-Auger
Alannah Cardinal
Alberta Williams
Alice Netemegesic
Alisha Germaine
Alissa Martin-Travers
Amanda Bartlett
Amanda Cook
Amanda Simpson
Amber Guiboche
Amber Tuccaro
Andria Meise
Angel Carlick
Angela Meyer
Angela Poorman
Angela Williams
Angeline Pete
Anne Maria Lucas
Anne Peters
Annette Holywhiteman
Annie Pootoogook
Annie Yassie
Ashley Machiskinic
Ashley Smith
Audrey Desjarlais
Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace
Azraya Kokopence
Barbara Keam
Barbara Kentner
Barbara Loon
Barbara Shapwaykeesic
Beatrice Adam
Belinda Cameron
Belinda Williams
Bella Laboucan-McLean
Bernadette Ahenakew
Bernadette Leclair
Bernadine Quewezance
Bernice Bottle
Bernice Joan Rich
Betsy Owens
Bonnie Jack
Bonnie Joseph
Brandy Vittrekwa
Brandy Wesaquate
Brenda Campbell
Brittany Bearspaw
Brooklyn Moose
Caitlin Potts
Caralyn King
Carol Davis
Carol Prudhomme
Caroline Burns
Carolyn Connolly
Cassandra Antone
Cecilia Nikal
Cecilia Payash
Chantelle Bushie
Charity Keesic
Charlene Catholique
Charnelle Masakeyash
Cherisse Houle
Cheryl Black
Cheryl Duck
Cheryl Johnson
Cheyenne Fox
Chloe Matthews
Christina Littlejohn
Christine Cardinal
Cindy Gladue
Clarene Rose Panamick
Claudette Osborne
Constance Cameron
Corrine Moosomin
Crystal Saunders
Cynthia Audy
Cynthia Lynette Jamieson
Danielle LaRue
Danita Bigeagle
Daphne Mesher Brown
Darlinda Ritchey
Dawn Crey
Dawn Keewatin
Deanna Bellerose
Debbie Pelletier
Debbie Sloss-Clarke
Deborah Toulouse
Deidre Michelin
Delaine Copenace
Delena Lefthand Dixon
Della Ootoova
Delores Brower
Delores Brown
Delores Whiteman
Delphine Nikal
Denise Katherine Bourdeau
Desiree Oldwoman
Destiny Tom
Diana Rattlesnake
Diane Dobson
Diane Marshall
Diane Stewart
Donna Kabatay
Donna Kasyon
Donna Taylor
Donna Tebbenham
Doreen Hardy
Doreen Jack
Dorothy Spence
Edith McGinnis Quagon
Edna Bernard
Edna Smith
Elaine Alook
Elaine Flowers
Elaine Vawn LaForme
Elena Assam-Thunderbird
Elizabeth Dorion
Elsie Sebastian
Emily Ballantyne
Emily Osmond
Emma Dixon
Ernestine Kasyon
Eva Mitchell
Evaline Cameron
Evelyn Kebalo
Felicia Solomon
Flora Muskego
Fonassa Bruyere
Frances Ellah
Freda Goodrunning
Geraldine Beardy
Geraldine Settee
Gladys Simon
Gladys Tolley
Glenda Morriseau
Glennis Edwards
Gloria Black Plume
Gloria Gladue
Gloria Jean Martha Abotossaway
Gloria Moody
Heather Ballantyne
Heather Pelletier
Heaven Traverse
Helen Gillings
Helen Louise Jacobs
Helene Ratfat
Helyna Rivera
Henrietta Millek
Hilda Agawa
Hillary Wilson
Ila Oman
Immaculate Basil
Irma Murdock
Jacqueline Crazybull
Jamie McGuire
Jane Bernard
Jane Jack
Jane Louise Sutherland
Janet Henry
Janet Sylvestre
Janice Desjarlais
Janine Wesaquate
Jarita Naistus
Jean Moccasin
Jean Sampare
Jeanenne Fontaine
Jeanette Basil
Jeanette Cardinal
Jeanine St Jean
Jeannette Chief
Jennifer Catcheway
Jennifer Stewart
Jessica Cardinal
Joanna Andersen
Joanne Ghostkeeper
Jocelyn McDonald
Joey English
Jordina Skunk
Josephine Chakasim
Josephine Thompson
Joyce Hewitt
Joyce Tillotson
Juanita Cardinal
Judie Thibault
Judy Ann Benoit Ogden
Judy Ann Quill
Judy Chescue
Judy Quill
Justine Cochrane
Kari Gordon
Karina Wolfe
Karla Desrosiers
Katelynne Sampson
Kathleen Leary
Katie Ballantyne
Kellie Little
Kelly Goforth
Kelly Morrisseau
Kimberly Jararuse
Krystal Andrews
Krystle Knott
Lana Derrick
Laura Pilon
Lavina Tocher
Leah Anderson
Leanne Benwell
Leanne Lawson
Leona Brule
Leslie Talley
Liana Mathewson
Linda Condo
Linda Guimond
Linda Scott
Lisa Lynn Anstey
Lisa Young
Liz Bonnie Sakakeesic
Lora Banman
Lora Frank
Loretta Capot-Blanc
Loretta Lavalley
Loretta Saunders
Lori Berens
Lori Kasprick
Lorilee Francis
Lorraine Rivers
Louise Lorraine Laderoute
Lynn Childforever
Mabel Leo
Mae Morton
Maggie Burke
Maggie Mink
Maggie Natomagan
Maisy Odjick
Marcia Koostachin
Margaret Blackbird
Margaret Guylee
Margaret Perrault (Bluebird)
Margaret Vedan
Marguerite Dyson
Mariah Wesley
Marie Banks
Marie Desjarlais
Marie Laliberte
Marie Lasas
Marie Mike
Mariella Lennie
Marilyn Daniels
Marilyn Munroe
Marjorie Henderson
Marlene Abigosis
Martha Boyce
Mary Ann Birmingham
Mary Ann Davis
Mary Goodfellow
Mary Hill
Mary Keadjuk
Mary Kreiser
Mary Lidguerre
Mary Mark
Mary Peters King
Mary Smith
Mary Susan Evans-Harlick
Mavis Mason
Maxine Susanne Peters
Maxine Wapass
Melanie Geddes
Melissa Chaboyer
Mercedes Stevens
Michelle Gurney
Michelle Hadwen
Mildred Flett
Minnie Sutherland
Misty Potts
Mitzi MacDougall
Moira Erb
Monica Cardinal
Monica Jack
Myrna Montgrand
Nadine Machiskinic
Nancy Dumas
Naomi Desjarlais
Nellie Angutiguluk
Nicole Daniels
Nicolle Hands
Olivia Williams
Pamela Holopainen
Pamela Napoleon
Patricia Carpenter
Patricia Favel
Patricia Quinn
Patricia Wadhams
Paula Joy Martin
Pauline Brazeau
Petrina Lynn Whitecrow
Philomene Lemay
Rachel Quinney
Ramona Shular
Ramona Wilson
Rebecca Guno
Rebecca Jean King
Rena Fox
Rene Gunning
Renee Neganiwina
Rhonda Gardiner
Rhonda Running Bird
Richele Bear
Roberta Elders
Roberta Ferguson
Roberta Lincoln
Rocelyn Gabriel
Rose Decoteau
Rose-Ann Blackned
Rowena Sharpe
Roxanne Charlie
Roxanne Fleming
Roxanne Isadore
Roxanne Thiara
Ruby Hardy
Ruth Cocks
Sabrina Polchies
Samantha Johnings
Samantha Paul
Sandra Kaye Johnson
Sarah Jane Wawia Bernard
Sarah Mason
Sarah Obed
Sarah Skunk
Savannah Hall
Selina Wallace
Serena Colson
Serenity
Shannon Alexander
Sharon Abraham
Sharon Merasty
Sharon Murphy
Shelley Anderson
Shelley Lynne Joseph
Shelley May Anderson
Shelly Dene
Shirley Beardy
Shirley Cletheroe
Shirley Lonethunder
Shirley Waquan
Simone Sanderson
Sindy Ruperthouse
Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink
Spring Phillips
Stella St. Arnault
Stephanie Cormier Chaisson
Sunshine Wood
Susan Assin
Sylvia Guiboche
Tabitha Kalluk
Tamara Chipman
Tamra Keepness
Tania Marsden
Tanya Brooks
Tanya Hill
Tanya Nepinak
Tashina Cheyenne Vaughn General
Teresa Robinson
Terra Gardener
Terrie Dauphinais
Thelma Pete
Therena Silva
Theresa Anne Yakimchuck
Therese Labbe
Theressa Wilson (Jamieson)
Tiffany Morrison
Tiffany Skye
Tina Fontaine
Tricia Paquette
Trudy Gopher
Vanessa Tagoona
Velma Duncan
Verna May Simard-Shabaquay
Verna Patricia Sturgeon
Verna Simard
Victoria Crow Shoe
Victoria Hornbrook
Viola Isabella Panacheese
Viola Melvin
Viola Panacheese
Violet Heathen
Vivian Cada
Wendy Poole
Yvonne Elizabeth King [1]
Tansi Nîtôtemtik,
These names belong to Indigenous women who have been murdered or are missing from communities across the country. Too often they are reduced to numbers on a page or lines on a graph.
They were grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, cousins, and friends. They were humans. And they deserved better. Say their names.
#SayHerName [2]
Until next time,
Team ReconciliAction YEG
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[1] This list is not complete; hundreds more have lost their lives to gendered and racialized violence. Our list is a compilation of work done by Maryanne Pearce (https://docs.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/spreadsheets/d/1pvMIkZ2JmoXCUEnUWmYbcFWxfz5xcD7ljz_a8UIVOH0/pub?output=html), No More Silence (http://itstartswithus-mmiw.com/community-lists/#1485456540464-287e628c-dde8), and the CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/).
[2] Kimberle Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum launched the #SayHerName campaign in 2015 in an effort to call attention to violence against Black women in the United States. Say Her Name documents stories of Black women who have been killed by police and shines a spotlight on forms of police brutality experienced disproportionately by women of colour. The initiative focuses on the intersections of race and gender, and the violence that exists there. These and other intersections must also be considered in the context of violence done to Indigenous women in Canada.
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