In Winnipeg this May 5th, we speak the names of Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris whose remains were recently recovered from the Prairie Green Landfill, and of Mashkode Bizhi’ikwe, whose remains were identified not long ago through DNA testing. And even though genuine searching has begun, we continue to pray that the epidemic itself can be stemmed.
ka-kwayask-wiyasowêhk iskwêwak êkwa iskwêsisak kâ-kî-wanihihcik êkwa kâ-kî-nipahihcik.
ᑲᑲᐧᔭᐢᑲᐧᓱᐁᐧᕁ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᓯᓴᐠ ᑳᑮᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᐦᒋᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑳᑮᓂᐸᐦᐃᐦᒋᐠ
Justice for missing and murdered women and girls.
(Solomon uses the phrase “women and girls” because there is no word in Cree for ‘sisters’; analogously, kâ-kî-wanihâyahkik covers both “missing and murdered” since both are a loss.)
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Could we use the word for “kin” or “relatives”?
include words that honor our missing gender-non-conforming, queer and/or Two Spirit siblings?