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Hundreds of people marched through Hamilton on Sunday in memory of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. Ashley Neganiwina, who organized the Hamilton march, said it’s about remembrance. “These people matter. They matter to our families, to our communities.” She said having their loved ones brought home and having a proper burial for them is “an essential part of our grieving. We deserve that right as humans. We’re not just markers on a poster.” She said she wants to see a change in the way the justice system handles cases of MMMIWG2S people. She said the cases are “fluffed off” not just by police but by judges, as well, and the person is deemed “a runaway or bad person and that’s just not the case. These people have families at home. They want to be home. They don’t want to be out there missing. It’s time they come home.” May 5 is the National
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Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2S people, also known as “Red Dress Day.” There was a sea of red through the streets of downtown Hamilton as the marchers wore red to signify Red Dress Day, coined by Métis artist Jaime Black as "an aesthetic response to this critical national issue." The ongoing issue of
missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people that the country is facing is often tied back to colonialism. In Canada, more than six in ten (63 per cent) of Indigenous women have experienced physical or sexual assault in their lifetime, according to government statistics. The Canadian Institute for Health Research says
that “the impact of these disproportionately high rates of violence is felt in all areas of life. The effects on health and wellness include inequitable access and treatment in health care and underrepresentation in health research.” MPs recently introduced a motion in the House of Commons asking the federal government to declare that the issue of MMIWG2S people be
deemed a national emergency. The motion also included the push to create a national public alert system - a “red dress system” - for MMIWG2S people. The system would send notices to the general public when Indigenous women, girls and 2S people go missing, similar to the Amber Alert system for missing or kidnapped children.
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