Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.

Published purpose

This 19-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: facilitation of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals events for families, which will include culture, land-based activities, art and experiential and professional supports. Additionally, a memorial statue will be designed and created through family-determined protocol. Communities involved in this project will include: Marcel Colomb First Nation, Northlands First Nation, Shamattawa First Nation and God’s Lake First Nation.