Ktunaxa, Students Gather in Cranbrook to Remember the Missing and Murdered - Kimberley Bulletin

Ktunaxa, students gather in Cranbrook to remember the missing and murdered

Red dresses fluttered in the spring breeze in Cranbrook’s Rotary Park on May 5, a visual reminder of the Indigenous people who lost their lives at the hands of gender-based violence. Laurie Middle School and Ktunaxa First Nation partnered to offer an event on The National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S). Held annually, the red dress has become a symbol of the systemic violence that…