It has taken more than two weeks for the word to get out, but today the news is circulating quickly about a 22-year-old Rarámuri runner who won an ultramarathon April 29 in Puebla.
Category Archives: Indigenous Women
MMIW inquiry opens with story of Mary Johns, a mother and residential school survivor
Mary John, victim of a serial killer in 1982.
APTN National News, May 30, 2017
The long-awaited start to the murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls national inquiry began with the story of Mary Johns who was murdered by a serial killer and buried in a potter’s field years before the family ever discovered her fate. Read the rest of this entry
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s father calls missing and murdered inquiry a ‘bloody farce’
Hereditary chief Bill Wilson, Jody Wilson-Raybould’s father, says the commissioners of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry should be replaced. (Facebook)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘should fire these people,’ says hereditary B.C. chief
By Catharine Tunney, CBC News, May 24, 2017
Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, says the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is a “bloody farce” and the commissioners leading it need to be replaced. Read the rest of this entry
Frustrated families vow to ‘blockade’ missing and murdered inquiry hearings
Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail, right, comforts Shirley Gunner, as John Fox looks on during a news conference regarding the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls national inquiry in Ottawa. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
Father of murdered woman says inquiry is at a ‘crisis’ point
By John Paul Tasker, CBC News, May 23, 2017
Some family members of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are vowing to blockade meetings of the national inquiry to protest what they call a disastrous start.
“We are prepared to take blockades against this inquiry, if it goes through our communities we will be there, it doesn’t matter where,” John Fox told reporters Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry
Rarámuri runner wins Puebla ultramarathon
Marathon winner María Lorena.
Indigenous woman ran the 50 kilometers wearing a skirt and very basic sandals
Reconciliation Is the New Assimilation: New NAIPC Co-Chair
Tamara Starblanket. Photo: Indian Country Media Network
May 2, 2016
Tamara Starblanket (Spider Woman), Cree, from Ahtahkakoop First Nation in Treaty Six Territory, Canada, recently accepted the international appointment as Co-Chair of the North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus (NAIPC). She was nominated by Indigenous participants from the U.S. and Canada attending the NAIPC gathering last March, there to discuss critical issues, find common ground and create a collective platform in preparation for the 15th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN Headquarters in New York City in May.
Video: Women’s Warrior song #MMIW Event
posted to Yutube by Cheryl James on Oct 15, 2013
Keewatin Otchitchak Traditional Women’s Drum singing the Women’s Warrior Song, originally from the Sta’timc at Mount Currie, BC.
Video: 27th Annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver, Feb 14, 2017
Video posted to Facebook by Kelly-Patrick Moore, Feb 16, 2017. Click below to watch the video… Read the rest of this entry
Mama Bear Clan: Meet the women-led group patrolling Winnipeg streets
Mama Bear Clan members walk down Main Street, making their way toward a shelter for the city’s homeless population. (Martha Troian/CBC)
Volunteers now patrol some of city’s toughest streets
By Martha Troian, CBC News, November 30, 2016
Jennifer Roulette knows what it feels like to live in poverty and to lose her home, all while being a single mom.
The 33-year-old Winnipeg mother of four says she can relate to the people on the street whom she now spends her time helping.
Roulette is part of the Mama Bear Clan, a group of volunteers keeping an eye on the street and its people. Read the rest of this entry
Red Fawn Fallis’ attempted murder charges dropped after the announcement of a federal case
Red Fawn Fallis
Red Fawn Fallis faces a federal charge of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon
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