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Tears and rage for my fallen native sisters

Sheila North Wilson -  Globe and Mail - Thursday, 30 August 2012 (originally published 27 Aug)

Artistic rendering of native women crying

Image: Dushan Milic/Globe and Mail

Days after talking to the mother, sisters and children of a woman believed to have been murdered by a serial killer, I received a disturbing voice message on my office line at the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

The anonymous caller talked for five minutes about how “your” problem is sending women and girls on the streets.

If you don’t understand the ignorance of that message, please let me try to explain in a way I hope you will all understand . . .

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