‘No more stolen sisters’: 12,000-mile ride to highlight missing indigenous women
Up to 4,000 Indigenous women are killed or missing in Canada, while in the US they face murder rates up to 10 times higher than the national average
Joan Jack tied nine red silk ribbons to the back of her Harley Davidson before setting off from Winnipeg, heading east down Canada’s Highway 1.
Jack, a Winnipeg-based lawyer, activist, and Ojibwe tribal member, is one of more than 100 motorcyclists joining the Ride for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), which begins on Saturday, and comprises a 12,000-mile relay ride across the US and Canada to raise awareness of the gender violence epidemic in Indian country.
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