Related to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis, the "Highway of Tears" located in British Columbia, Canada, marks the location of many disappearances and murders of Indigenous women beginning in 1969. This collage shows some of the Highway of Tears victims, as young as 12 years old. Pictures of protests in Canada and in the United States are also included along with statistics. This movement has been conducted for the outcry of bringing these women to justice and peace to their families. The red hand represents the voices of these women being silenced.
On October 25th, 1969, Gloria was last seen bar-hopping with her brother in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The next day, she was spotted ten kilometers from the bar on a cattle trail. Her clothes were removed and it was apparent to investigators that she was sexually assaulted. No one was ever arrested because in 1998, the three main suspects were all dead - the leads were gone.
In May 1978, Monica was last seen riding her bicycle. Her mother was driving back home when she saw Monica riding her bike and offered to drive her but Monica wanted to finish her ride home by herself instead. Her bike was later found and she was nowhere to be seen. Her findings were unknown for 17 years. In 1995, her remains were found twenty kilometers from where her bike was initially located. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death.
On May 8th, 1981, Maureen was last seen hitchhiking from Salmon Arm to Kamloops. The next day, her body was found by a women walking her dog. It was reported that witnesses saw her go into a vehicle with a man in his early 30's but it wasn't confirmed that he was a suspect. She had been grievously beaten.