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Edited by Jaime Black-Morsette (she/them), a Red River Métis artist and activist, with family scrip signed in the community of St Andrews, Manitoba. Contributions by KC Adams, Ininnew/Anishinaabe/British, a registered Fisher River Cree Nation member living in Winnipeg; Mackenzie Anderson Linklater, a first degree Midewiwin at the Minweyweygan Lodge in Roseau River First Nation and her true name is Mispon Kisikaw Iskwew or Goonagiizhagokwe, which translates to Snowy Sky Woman; Marjorie Beaucage, a Métis Two-Spirit filmmaker, cultural worker, land protector, and water walker; Christi Belcourt, a Métis visual artist, author, and activist from the community manitow sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne), Alberta; Judy Da Silva, an Elder, award-winning activist, and community leader in Grassy Narrows First Nation; Karine Duhamel, Anishinaabe-Métis and an off-reserve member of Red Rock First Nation; Deantha Edmunds, Canada’s first Inuk professional classical singer and an award-winning performer; Cambria Harris, West Flying Sparrow Woman, lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is a member of the Long Plain First Nation; Jaimie Isaac, a curator and interdisciplinary artist, Anishinaabe member of Sagkeeng First Nation and is of British heritage; Casey Koyczan, a Dene interdisciplinary artist from Yellowknife, NT; Crystal Lepscier, Waqsepāēhketukiw, is an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa; Lee-Ann Martin, an independent curator of Indigenous Art; Diane Maytwayashing, an Anishinaabe woman with Scottish ancestry who lives in Manitouabee (Where the spirit sits) in the Whiteshell area on the Manitoba and Ontario border. Her Anishinaabe name is Ozawa Giizis Ikwe (Yellow Sun Woman), and her family Clan is Migizi (Bald Eagle); Cathy Merrick, a proud Cree woman from the Cross Lake Band of Indians in Northern Manitoba; Sherry Farrell Racette, Metis/Algonquin/Irish, is an interdisciplinary scholar with an active arts and curatorial practice; Gladys Radek, a human rights activist originally from the Gitxsan Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia, known as the Highway of Tears; Zoey Roy, an award winning Cree-Dene Michif spoken word poet, teaching artist, and creative consultant based out of Ottawa, Ontario; and Jennifer Lee Smith, a Red River Métis Curator, Writer and Arts Administrator living on Treaty 1 Territory/Winnipeg.
A powerful anthology uniting the voices of Indigenous women, Elders, grassroots community activists, artists, academics, and family members affected by the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people from across Turtle Island. In 2010, Métis artist Jaime Black-Morsette created the REDress Project—an art installation consisting of placing red dresses in public spaces as a call for justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S). Symbolizing both absence and presence, the red dresses ignite a reclamation of voice and place for MMIWG2S. Fifteen years later, the symbol of the empty red dress endures as families continue to call for action. In this anthology, Jaime Black-Morsette shares her own intimate stories and memories of the REDress Project along with the voices of Indigenous women, Elders, grassroots community activists, artists, academics, and family members affected by this tragedy. Together they use the power of their collective voice to not only call for justice for MMIWG2S, but honour Indigenous women as keepers and protectors of land, culture, and community across Turtle Island.