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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. \u00a0Chantal 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-M\u00e9tis 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. \u201cIt\u2019s become a huge reminder every single year that this is a problem, this isn\u2019t going away. We\u2019re not going away,\u201d Chagnon said. Sisters in Spirit began as an initiative of… <\/p>\n

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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. \u00a0Chantal 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-M\u00e9tis 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. \u201cIt\u2019s become a huge reminder every single year that this is a problem, this isn\u2019t going away. We\u2019re not going away,\u201d Chagnon said. Sisters in Spirit began as an initiative of... <\/p>\n

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