Red Dress Day will be recognized from April 21 to May 5, at all Library locations with displays and materials encouraging exploration of Indigenous voices and stories. Other ways to support Red Dress Day include reading the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, wearing red, or hanging a red dress in a window.
Some First Nations believe that red is the only colour spirits can see. It is used to honour those who have been lost and keep their presence close. A red hand over the mouth represents the silenced voices of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit+ people.
Source: Statistics Canada
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action #41 PDF addresses the issue of disproportionate violence towards Indigenous women and girls and calls for the creation of a public inquiry into the crisis.
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: 2015 Update to the National Operational Overview
Court outcomes in homicides of Indigenous women and girls, 2009-2021
Voice of Our Sisters in Spirit: A Report to Families and Communities PDF
What Their Stories Tell Us: Research Findings from the Sisters in Spirit Initiative
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Alberta
Alberta Joint Working Group on MMIW
Annual Memorial Walk to Honour the Lives of MMIWG2S+
Sisters in Spirit Day – Government of Alberta
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada – The Canadian Encyclopedia
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