MMIWG Day of Action: Hits Home
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 4 October 2022
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) is an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in Canada, the United States, and Latin America; notably those in the FNIM (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) and Native American communities. October 4th marks MMIWG Day of Action. 2006 might seem as a date that is a long-time in the past, but for Melanie Morrison whose sister Tiffany went missing that year, later found murdered, every day is a painful reminder:
“Today is a day of honouring and raising awareness on the MMIWG issue here across Canada and in the United States and for me it’s personal because of my sister’s murder that happened back in 2006 and the fact that we are still fighting to get answers.”
Morrison knows that someone knows:
“Absolutely knowing that there are people out there, they know what happened and they’re not coming forward because I’m sure, growing up here, you know that nothing happens in this community without somebody knowing what happened. So, for her to be found, right here not far from her house in our community is unfathomable that this is still carrying on after 16 years.”
Marches and events were staged across the country today marking the MMIWG Day of Action.
