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To remember all murdered and missing women, the Splatsin Nation and MMIW Drone Search Team hosted a Red Dress Walk 香蕉视频直播� a nation-wide initiative that seeks to inform the public about Canada香蕉视频直播檚 high number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. As part of the campaign, people within the community are asked to hang a red dress.

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The women the ceremony seeks to remember include Potts, Simpson, Wertz, Bell and . They were all reported missing from the area in 2016 and 2017.

Speakers for the event, which began at 11 a.m. on the east side of the Len Bawtree Bridge, included the Neskonlith Indian Band Chief and Jody Leon of the Drone Search Team. A police escort in tow, the group made their way through the streets bearing signs that read, 香蕉视频直播淢issing but never forgotten香蕉视频直播�, 香蕉视频直播淣o more violence against women香蕉视频直播�, and 香蕉视频直播淣o more stolen sisters香蕉视频直播�, among others.

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