Full Moon Memory Walk for Missing and Murdered Anishinabe and Metis Women

I made this video as a reminder to family, friends & supporters about the annual memorial walk for missing and murdered Anishinabe & Metis women. It takes place tomorrow, Friday, September 4th/09 @ 6 pm. It is my hope that this video will remind people that support is one of the best gifts you can give to someone who may be struggling on their own and walking that lonely road of unresolved grief. Having lost a younger sister, it's also a personal look at my own struggles to balance the work I do for this cause and the daily reminders of what she must have went through in her last hours, minutes, then seconds of her life. This is where the music comes in...I believe music plays a big part in my healing maybe because my late sister was playing in a band when she died and I often associate her memory to certain songs and it makes me want to embrace my life even more...for her...then for me...then for us...as sisters who shared our love for music. The powwow song is a healing song for all women and I have used it for other videos and purposes with the permission from my nephew Kevin Johnson, who has also been traveling from Seine River First Nation for the past four years to conduct the ceremony for the missing and murdered women at the annual Full Moon Memory Walk. I mentioned at the end of the video that I shot all the photos except for the one at the end with the sun going down, but realized after I produced the video that the four photos of the deceased/murdered women, Sybil Dawn Stoney, Liz Bonnie Sakakeesic, Glenda Lynn Wesley, and Valerie Paypompee were all sent to me by email for our poster, and I only added their names and First Nations. Like I said three times in the video, (and I didn't realize it until I watched it again)...come and offer your tobacco in the water and say your prayers for our missing and murdered women. Miigwetch :)

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• violence against women
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• liz bonnie sakakeesic
• glenda lynn wesley
• valerie ann paypompee
• sandra kaye johnson
• seven teachings
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• Sharon Johnson
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[ZystynaZay]

Im just wondering there are two ladies that died that were from Cat Lake F.N. What happened to these beautiful women and why was there deaths so close?

[wingedfox1]

i cried watching this. i wish i could have walked. ive never been in touch with that side of me, and am only now learning about my culture. ive neves losing someoner lost anyone, but i hate the thought of other

[faithnomore2008]

This video addresses violence against women in a moving way. It's values like respect and kindness emphasized in the video that are lacking in society today....incidences like this effect us all-we are all connected... i walked in a vigil for violence against women years ago but it was'nt until recently I was able to relate to the abuses in all forms (mental, spiritual, social, physical, emotional) and violence against women....especially aboriginal women.

[bunsinspace]

Still hard to watch, but so important to remember,