Acknowledging the Truth in Ongoing Genocide of MMIWG2S The Southern Chiefs’ Organization is calling on mainstream political and police leadership in Manitoba to recognize that the murders did not happen to women who HAPPENED to be Indigenous—this happened facebook.com/photo?fbid=508…
to four beautiful, loved, and sacred women BECAUSE they were Indigenous. The denial of the targeting of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S+) has deadly consequences. Ignoring or minimizing their identity as the 2
main factor in their targeted death is the same response we have been fighting against since the beginning of the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2S+. If you do not acknowledge the truth, you are perpetuating the ongoing racism we face and undermining our safety. 3
2011 mural on the north side of the rail overpass on Portage Avenue near Polo Park in Treaty No. 1 Territory honouring five Indigenous women and girls lost in this ongoing tragedy. #MMIWG2S #Manitoba #TwoSpirit #women #girls #Indigenous #FirstNations #sharethetruth 4