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“DECLARATION FOR HEALTH, LIFE AND DEFENSE OF OUR LANDS, RIGHTS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS”

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 [...]

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Haudenosaunee Youth Statement to Kanesatà:ke on the 20th anniversary of Oka

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, [...]

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Remains found beneath Mercier Bridge identified as Tiffany Morrison

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 [...]

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Missing Justice Fundraiser, May 13th, 2010

Chelsea Vowel

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Making a Banner

We made a banner today.

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May 13/Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Fundraiser Show

–Please Forward Widely!–
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 [...]

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Missing or murdered native women list grows to 582

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 [...]

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List of missing, murdered aboriginal women in Canada grows

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, [...]

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Sisters in Spirit hopes for rebirth

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 [...]

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Pregnant B.C. woman missing 7 days

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 [...]

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