Today I photographed Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March. The event is one of over 100 events that will be held across the country over the next few days to honour Canada’s 1200+ missing and murdered aboriginal women. While Canada’s aboriginal communities have been pushing for an inquiry, the Canadian government has yet to grant their request.
Milton Born-with-a-tooth of the Blackfoot Confederacy attended Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March in downtown Calgary on Oct. 2, 2014. “If 1200 white women went missing, this country would be in an uproar,” he said of Canada’s 1200+ missing and murdered aboriginal women. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Men and women alike gathered at City Hall and marched to Eau Claire Market during Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March on Oct. 2, 2014. The march was held to honour the 1200+ missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Shantel Seguin, centre, leads the Sisters from Another Mister drum group during Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March on Oct. 2, 2014. The march began at City Hall and ended in Eau Claire Market. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Aboriginal elders burned tobacco as they participated in Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March on Oct. 2, 2014. Elders burned tobacco as a way of honouring Canada’s 1200+ missing and murdered aboriginal women. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Autumn EagleSpeaker, manager of the Iyahrhe Stoney Nakoda Food Bank Society, chanted “Shame on Harper” while leading the Sisters in Spirit March through downtown Calgary towards Eau Claire Market on Oct. 2, 2014. EagleSpeaker was the MC for the event and has worked in support of Calgary’s aboriginal community since 2001. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Deidra, Ty, and Alicia Meguinis attended the Sisters in Spirit March in downtown Calgary on Oct. 2, 2014. The siblings attended the march to honour their sister, Talia, who went missing and was murdered in 2012. Talia’s body was found in a recycling depot. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Mayor Naheed Nenshi addressed attendees at Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March in Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Oct. 2, 2014. “An inquiry is not only necessary – it is long overdue,” said Nenshi of the over 1200 missing and murdered aboriginal women for which the event was held. He later honoured the cause by declaring Oct. 2 Calgary’s official ‘Sisters in Spirit Day’. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Shantel Seguin, third from right, lead drum group Sisters from Another Mister during a Cree healing song following the Sisters in Spirit March in downtown Calgary on Oct. 2, 2014. Seguin is a member of the Cree nation and travelled from Saskatchewan for the event in support of Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Stephanie English, right, pictured next to her daughter, cried as she spoke to attendees at Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March in Eau Claire Market on Oct. 2, 2014. English’s cousin, Rachel Quinney, was murdered by Thomas Svelka, aka ‘hockey bag man’ in Edmonton in 2004. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Remaining attendees at Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March did a traditional circle dance following the wrap-up of a vigil held to honour over 1200 missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. The march began at City Hall and ended in Eau Claire Market. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
Remaining attendees at Calgary’s tenth annual Sisters in Spirit March did a traditional circle dance following the wrap-up of a vigil held to honour over 1200 missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. The march began at City Hall and ended in Eau Claire Market. Shantel Seguin, centre, lead the dance. (Photo by Amanda Siebert/The Press)
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