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In Remembrance of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People, we urge you to read the stories of these women and learn their names.
Joey Tiiah Patricia English
Joey Tiiah Patricia English
Joey English was a 25 year old mother of three, and member of the Piikani Nation of southern Alberta. In June of 2016 she was reported missing and found dismembered. Joey died from an overdose while with Joshua Weise, who then dismembered her body and dumped the remains in various places. Her entire body was never found and Weise only received 18 months in prison.
"If I was a different colour race, they'd keep searching. I know that," - Stephanie English
information & photo provided by Megan Grant, CBC News, April 12, 2017.
Indigenous women are victimized at alarming rates due to the impacts of settler colonialism and racism in Canadian culture. Indigenous women who go missing are often seen as less of a priority to law enforcement and media sources, garnering little attention or closure.
JEannette CHief
JEannette CHief
Jeannette Chief was an outgoing and happy 48 year old woman from the Onion Lake Cree Nation near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. The mother of 7 was found dead in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan in 2007.
Violet Heathen
Violet Heathen
Violet Heathen was a kind, 49 year old women, with a hard life from Onion Lake Cree Nation. She was known to be caring and loving. Violet was found in Lloydminster 6 months after she was reported missing and her family was never able to know the place she was last alive. This made it impossible to honour her traditionally.
Both Jeanette & Violet were killed by the same man. 61 year old Gordon Alfred Rogers pled guilty to two counts of murder for the women, serving an 11 year sentence.
Information and photos provided by CBC News, March 23, 2016
Monica Jack
Monica Jack
In 1978, 12 year old Monica Jack was riding her bike along the Highway of Tears when she went missing. Her bike was found one day later but her remains were not discoverd until 1995, 17 years after her murder. Monica is remembered by her famliy as a happy girl who was loved deeply by her family, friends and teachers. A conviction was not made in Monica's case until 2019, 41 years after her disappearance.
Greg Rasmussen at CBC News, December 2, 2014
Alishia Germaine
Alishia Germaine
Alishia Germaine went missing after the Prince George Native Friendship Centre Cristmas party for at-risk youth in 1994 and was found murdered near an elementary school along the Highway of Tears. She was 15 at the time of her murder and had a very troubled life. Alishia's mother remembers her as soft and kind, but with a tough exterior. Lack of resources caused her to fall into drugs and become victim of sexual exploitation. Alishia's killer has not yet been found.
accessed from Hue and Cry
Aielah Saric Auger
Aielah Saric Auger
Aielah went missing at 14 years old in 2006 after she spent the night at her friends house. She was from the Leidli T’enneh First Nations and was close with her family and friends. When Audrey Auger reported her daughter missing, the police instructed her to wait 78 hours until returning and would not open the case. Aielah's remains were found in a ditch along the Highway of Tears, with nothing but a necklace that her mother gave her. Her case remains unsolved.
accessed from Hue and Cry
Project E-Pana
Project E-Pana
Pana is an Inuit goddess, in Inuit culture she is responsible for looking after souls who have not yet reached reincarnation. Pana cares for these souls until it is their time to return to earth. Pana resides in starry skies and insures that humans have a safe journey from the Sky back to Earth. The name Project E-Pana reflects this deity. The name was chosen by investigators who are striving to solve the cases of victims of the stretch of Highway 16 that is referred to as the Highway of Tears. This name was given to the highway after numerous Indigenous women have been found deceased or gone missing. The E-Pana task force is investigating 18 cases of MMIWG in relation to the Highway of Tears, including Alishia Germaine and Aielah Saric Auger to give these women justice and provide families with closure.
Information provided by The RCMP
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