By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News For 22 years, the Sisters in Spirit march and vigil has taken place across Alberta. Chantal Chagnon has helped organize Calgarys annual gathering, held in recognition of Sisters in Spirit Day on October 4. The vigil honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people and supports the families seeking justice. A Cree-Métis woman from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Chagnon has witnessed the movement grow from a relatively quiet initiative into an annual reminder that the violence and exploitation affecting Indigenous families remain ongoing concerns. “It’s become a huge reminder every single year that this is a problem, this isn’t going away. We’re not going away,” Chagnon said. Sisters in Spirit began as an initiative of…
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