Overview

• Red Dress Day, observed annually on May 5, honors missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples, originating from Jaime Black’s 2010 REDress Project.
• The Southern Chiefs’ Organization declared the crisis a 'national emergency,' emphasizing the need for urgent systemic reforms to address violence against Indigenous communities.
• Manitoba launched a pilot for the National Red Dress Alert System, designed to issue alerts when Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals go missing.
• Recent identifications include the remains of Morgan Beatrice Harris and Marcedes Myran of Long Plain First Nation, located at the Prairie Green Landfill, and Ashlee Christine Shingoose of St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation.
• Despite the 2019 National Inquiry into MMIWG and its 231 Calls for Justice, only two have been fully implemented, fueling demands for accountability and action.