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• The REDress Project

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  The REDress Project was created by Indigenous artist Jamie Black in 2010. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to the critical issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada.

• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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  Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

• MMIWG Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Ending Violence - Assembly of First Nations

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  Assembly of First Nations - AFN Policy Area - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Ending Violence

• Our Voice of Fire

  a Memoir of a Warrior Rising

  Morin, Brandi,

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  Adult Biography: Brandi Morin is a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence.

• My Privilege, My Responsibility

  A Memoir

  North, Sheila,

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  Adult Biography: North's work in advocacy journalism, communications, and economic development harnessed her passion for drawing focus to systemic racism faced by Indigenous women and girls. She is the creator of the widely used hashtag #MMIW. In…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bone Black

  GoldenEagle, Carol Rose, 1963-

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  Adult Fiction: With vivid prose and an intense page-turning plot, Bone Black examines police indifference, systemic racism, and the power of prayer and spiritual guidance, and reminds us that the crisis in Canada of missing and murdered Indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In My Own Moccasins

  a Memoir of Resilience

  Knott, Helen, 1987-

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  Adult Biography: In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red River Girl

  the Life and Death of Tina Fontaine

  Jolly, Joanna,

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  Adult Non-Fiction: On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. It was wrapped in material and weighted down with rocks. Red River Girl is a gripping account of that murder investigation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Go Missing

  Jonnie, Brianna,

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  Young Adult Graphic Novel: A powerfully illustrated graphic novel about the subject of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Highway of Tears

  a True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

  McDiarmid, Jessica,

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  Adult Non-Fiction: An explosive examination of the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Highway 16, and a searing indictment of the society that failed them.

• Surviving the City. Vol. 1

  Spillett, Tasha, 1988-

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  Fiction, Young Adult Graphic Novel: Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one.

• Keetsahnak

  Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

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  Adult Non-Fiction: In Keetsahnak, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Violence Against Indigenous Women

  Literature, Activism, Resistance

  Hargreaves, Allison,

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  Adult Non-Fiction: Violence Against Indigenous Women provides a foundation for reading Indigenous women's literature in the context of Indigenous feminist scholarship and activism and the ongoing intellectual history of Indigenous women's resistance

• The Missing

  Florence, Melanie,

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  Young Adult Fiction: Set in Winnipeg against the real-life background of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, this fictional thriller explores one teenager's response to a system that has long denied and misrepresented the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Will I See?

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Fiction, Young Adult Graphic Novel: A story of tragedy and beauty, Will I See illuminates the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

• Witness, I Am

  Scofield, Gregory, 1966-

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  Poetry: Witness, I Am is divided into three gripping sections of poetry. "Muskrat Woman," the middle part of the book, is a breathtaking epic poem that considers the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women through the reimagining and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• That Lonely Section of Hell

  the Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away

  Shenher, Lori,

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  Adult Non-Fiction: Shenher passionately pursues the deeper truths behind the causes of Vancouver's infamous Missing Women Investigation and the myriad ways the system failed to protect vulnerable people.

• Betty

  the Helen Betty Osborne Story

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Young Adult Biography Graphic Novel: Helen Betty Osborne dreamed of becoming a teacher. Sadly, her dream never came true. On November 13, 1971, she was brutally murdered by four young, white men. Years later, the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry concluded…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Missing Nimama

  Florence, Melanie,

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  Junior Picture Book, Fiction: A young mother, one of the many missing indigenous women, watches over her small daughter as she grows up without her nimama, experiencing important milestones - her first day of school, first dance, first date,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stolen Sisters

  Walter, Emmanuelle, 1969-

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  Adult Non-Fiction: Journalist Emmanuelle Walter has crafted a moving representative account of the disappearance of two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, who have been missing since September 2008. Stolen Sisters is a deeply shocking…Read moreRead more of this annotation