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Featured Library Resource

Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PN4913 .S76 A3 2023
Publication Date: 2023
An extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
A Curio playlist presenting a snapshot of the situation and recounting the stories of the families and communities affected by this national tragedy.
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Canada's Lost Girls (Video duration 52 minutes)
Stacey Dooley investigates why the disappearance or murder of hundreds of young women from indigenous communities has been ignored.
Peace River Rising (Video Duration 9 minutes)
Helen Knott, a Dane-Zaa/Nehiyaw social worker, poet and activist, explores the connection between violence against Indigenous women and violence against the land.
Finding Dawn (Video Duration 1 hour 13 minutes)
Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh brings us a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy – the epidemic of missing or murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
The Red Dress (Video Duration 27 minutes)
Renowned Métis author and screenwriter Maria Campbell explores themes of cultural identity, sexual assault and the familial impact of colonialism in The Red Dress.

Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls
This project is part of CBC's ongoing investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Native Women's Association of Canada
National Indigenous Organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis and Inuit.
It Starts With Us
Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirits.