Red Dress Day is marking an anniversary no one really ever wanted to come to see. A day no one ever thought they would mark but one that brought with it a message not of celebration but of being safe! Six Nations joined other First Nation communities’ towns and cities to mark Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ People on Monday, May 5. A day that saw events from walks to workshops take place across the country and all with one aim…safety! It’s a day Indigenous women mark with trepidation knowing the message behind it is about their life. Red Dress Day started in 2010 when Métis artist Jamie Black hung hundreds of red dresses to…
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