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Wiikwemkoong marks Awareness Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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Alicia McCutcheon
Author: Alicia McCutcheon
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NO MORE STOLEN SISTERS—Sunday, May 5 was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day and Wiikwemkoong hosted a walk to raise awareness of the plight that continues to plague the nation. Special t-shirts and sweatshirts with a design by Elijah Bell were given to all participants. photo by Alicia McCutcheon
A young mom walks with her two young children during Sunday’s march. photos by Alicia McCutcheon
Dolly Peltier volunteered her time before the walk, painting the red handprint that has come to signify the MMIWG movement on walkers’ faces.
A women’s hand drum group drums and sings in memory and in honour of those MMIWG. All of the walkers wore t-shirts designed by Wiikwemkoong artist Elijah Bell.

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Alicia McCutcheon
Alicia McCutcheon
Alicia McCutcheon has served as editor-in-chief of The Manitoulin Expositor and The Manitoulin West Recorder since 2011. She grew up in the newspaper business and earned an Honours B.A. in communications from Laurentian University, Sudbury, also achieving a graduate certificate in journalism, with distinction, from Cambrian College. Ms. McCutcheon has received peer recognition for her writing, particularly on the social consequences of the Native residential school program. She manages a staff of four writers from her office at The Manitoulin Expositor in Little Current.
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