Join us for the first weekend in May this year for a new gallery show, dance features, and programming bringing awareness to MMIWG2S+ & MMIMB

 

Saturday & Sunday, May 3 & 4, 2025

• 9:30 a.m. – Site open
– Red Dress information and displays up; Gallery Show with MMIWG2S+ focus; scavenger hunts; drop-in activities; and Self Guided options
• 11:00 a.m. – Guide’s Choice interpretive programming or guided walk
• 1:00 p.m. – Dance Presentation and talk (Hoop Sat; Prairie Chicken Sun)
• 3:00 p.m. –Tipi Teachings and conversations on MMIBM – Tianna McCabe & Family
• 5:00 p.m. – full site (including trails and playground) CLOSED

*Saturday, May 3rd – Maamawi Gallery opening 6-8 p.m. (pre-register)

 

Monday, May 5, 2025 – Red Dress Day

Full site open 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. for self-guided exploration of the MMIWG focused Gallery Show and displays

• 1:00 p.m. – ᒪᐦᐃᐦᑲᐣ mahihkanak Dance Troupe – Red Dress special

 

*smudge and quiet spaces to reflect and rest will be available each day on site

 

   

 

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*Trigger Warning*

An independent, national, toll-free support call line is available to provide support for anyone who requires assistance. Support Line 1-844-413-6649

 

Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1590523702000/1590523850562

“This website deals with topics which may negatively impact the reader due to its subject matter. If you are affected by the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people and need immediate emotional assistance, call 1-844-413-6649. You can also access long-term health support services such as mental health counselling, community-based emotional support and cultural services and some travel costs to see Elders and traditional healers. Family members seeking information about their missing or murdered loved one can access Family Information Liaison Units.”

What is the meaning behind the Red Dress?

“The spirits of the missing or murdered women and girls stand with us here today, giving us courage, strength and clarity — leading us forward on the path to REclaim our sovereignty as Indigenous women.” Jaime Black, Metis artist.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) is a human rights crisis of gender-based and racialized violence in Canada.

Jaime Black began the REDress Project in 2010, where she had gathered and hung hundreds of empty, red dresses to represent the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

Now the red dress is a national symbol to bring awareness to the human crisis issue. People are encouraged to hang a red dress outside their house on May 5^th, so that passerbys may wonder why, and take it upon themselves to educate themselves about the issue.

You can view more information HERE

 

And these links below:

KAIROS CANADA – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls- About the MMIWG InfoHub
https://www.kairoscanada.org/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls

National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
http://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/

The Native Women’s Association of Canada – MMIWG & Violence Prevention
https://www.nwac.ca/policy-areas/mmiwg/ 

The Native Women’s Association of Canada – What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from
the Sisters In Spirit initiative
https://www.nwac.ca/assets-knowledge-centre/2010_What_Their_Stories_Tell_Us_Research_Findings_SIS_Initiative-1.pdf

MMIW Calls to Justice

https://nwac.ca/assets-knowledge-centre/Web-MMIWG-calls-to-justice..new.pdf

 

More Resources & Information can be found on our Truth & Reconciliation Page