Ikayuqtiit Inc.

Published purpose

"Red Amautiit" will bring families together for an unprecedented national initiative to commemorate missing and murdered Inuit women and girls. Thirteen partnering Inuit communities in Manitoba (Winnipeg, Churchill and Brandon), Nunavut (Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Saniqilluaq, Arviat, Whale Cove, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay and Coral Harbor) and Nunatsiavut (Nain and Rigolet, and Northern Labrador) will hold healing sewing circles for families of missing and murdered Inuit women and girls. Family members will share traditional Inuit sewing techniques as they collaborate to create a series of "Red Amautiit" (i.e. iconic female Inuit parkas) to commemorate their loved ones. These "Red Amautiit" and the stories behind them will be shared with the public at a series of temporary and permanent exhibitions. The project will run from July 2019 to March 2021.