July 1st 2010, Alamo, California
We, Indigenous women from the regions of North America, Latin America, the Arctic, Caribbean and the Pacific, gathered June 30th to July 1st, 2010 at the INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SYMPOSIUM, in Alamo, California, hosted by the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and the North-South Indigenous Network Against Pesticides.
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We, the Youth of the Haudenosaunee, on this 20th anniversary of Oka, declare our right to voice our concerns within our Nations, to be heard as equal counterparts, and to make an impact. We owe it to ourselves to continue on the path the Creator has laid before us. Just as they did at Oka, our ancestors sacrificed their lives for us - they survived the government’s assimilation tactics. They believed that we, the next seven generations, are worth fighting for. This blood runs through our veins too. The issues that surfaced 20 years ago across our Haudenosaunee territories are the same we face now and are not easily solved, but our strength will persevere. History shows us this.
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kahnawake+peacekeepers+identify+remains/3113664/story.html
Friday, June 04, 2010
KAHNAWAKE, QC- Mohawk Peacekeepers have confirmed that the human remains found by a construction worker Monday in a wooded area near the Mercier Bridge are those of Tiffany Morrison.
The remains and a skull were found off the service road of Highway 138.
Morrison, a 25-year-old Mohawk woman, disappeared in June 2006 after she left a bar in LaSalle and shared a taxi back to Kahnawake with a man from the community. The remains were sent to a crime lab for verification.
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Missing Justice (Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), is a grassroots solidarity collective based in Montreal that works to eliminate violence and discrimination against Indigenous women living in Quebec and Canada. The collective seeks to consult and collaborate with Indigenous communities and organizations to foster understanding and dispel harmful stereotypes commonly held in regards to Indigenous women who are targets of violence. Read More
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100421/native_missing_100421/20100421?hub=Canada
OTTAWA — A new report has added 62 more names to a growing list of missing or murdered aboriginal women and girls.
The report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada pegs the total at at least 582.
The report says the data is limited by the way information is collected — there’s no national missing-persons database and police records don’t always indicate aboriginal status. Read More
http://www.canada.com/news/List+missing+murdered+aboriginal+women+Canada+grows/2933684/story.html
By Laura Stone, Canwest News Service
OTTAWA — Over the past year, 62 names have been added to the list of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
A total of 582 women — up from 520 last year — are now on that list; women who were mothers, daughters, and friends, with names including Amber, Beatrice, Georgina.
And there are probably more.
Twenty more have disappeared since the last count in March 2009, but from about 1974 until now, few knew they were gone. Read More
http://www.canada.com/news/Sisters+Spirit+hopes+rebirth/2752458/story.html
By Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA — The national research project that brought the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada to the forefront quietly ended Wednesday when its five-year mandate from the federal government ran out.
Organizers are still hopeful the Sisters in Spirit initiative of the Native Women’s Association of Canada will be reborn. However, for the time being the group’s focus has shifted to searching for other partners.
“Today is the end of funding,” said Sisters in Spirit director Kate Rexe. Read More
http://news.sympatico.cbc.ca/Local/BC/ContentPosting?newsitemid=vancouver-bc-abigail-andrews-missing-fort-st-john&feedname=CBC_LOCALNEWS&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True
14/04/2010 7:19:28 AM
CBC News
The northern B.C. family of a missing pregnant woman is appealing for the public’s help to find her.
Abigail Andrews, 28, went missing April 7 in Fort St. John after leaving her apartment at about 6 p.m. PT to walk to a friend’s house.
Her family said her disappearance is out of character. 
“Abigail is the kind of person that is very communicative,” said her father Doug Andrews. “She keeps in touch by email, texting, phone, computer constantly. She texts and emails people every single day.
“There’s no transactions with her bank card. She hasn’t taken any clothes. She just disappeared with her purse and her cellphone,” her father said.
“We’re insane with worry and concern.”
Fort St. John RCMP have released few details about the case, which has been taken over by its Serious Crimes Unit.
Andrews is appealing for any information about his daughter, who was a few months into her pregnancy. He also wanted to let her know that if she left due to personal problems, her family understood.
“If there is something you can’t talk to us about - please just give us a call to let us know that you are safe,” he said.
Abigail Andrews is six feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. She has brown hair and has a tattoo of tribal art on her lower back.
She was last seen wearing a black mid-length, belted trench coat, dark pants and black-sequined flat shoes.
Fort St. John is about 800 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
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