Marking Red Dress Day in Hamilton

Turning Hamilton streets red in support of no more Murdered Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirited By Austin Evans Writer A sea of red flowed through Hamilton Saturday taking over city streets for three hours with a message of “Not One More.” Having lost her sister in a house fire set by her boyfriend, Ashley Neganiwina organized this march to bring awareness and foster discussion on the ways in which the Canadian justice system fails to protect Indigenous people. As the crowd marched through the city, accompanied by traditional drumming, she decried the lengths that Indigenous people have to go to for their issues to be taken seriously and demanded change. Neganiwina, who previously organized a rally at Hamilton City Hall last October, said she was expecting between 20…

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