Stolen Sisters by Emmanuelle Walter, Widia Larivière
Stolen Sisters by Emmanuelle Walter, Widia Larivière
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“Vulnerability breeds vulnerability. Death lies in ambush. Inadequate social assistance and media apathy reinforce this hyperfragility. Indigenous women are overrepresented in this livid and silent cohort. Straw fetuses, twigs, snowflakes, ephemeral, invisible.” Since 1980, nearly 1,200 Canadian Native women have been murdered or disappeared amid almost total indifference. Proportionally, this official and scandalous figure is equivalent to 55,000 French women or 7,000 Quebec women. In this moving story written after a long investigation, Emmanuelle Walter gives substance to the statistics and tells the story of two teenagers, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander. Originally from western Quebec, they have been missing since September 2008. From testimonies to portraits, from press clippings to official documents, the journalist discovers these lives cut short with horror. Stolen Sisters provides proof that Canada is indeed the scene of a femicide. With texts by Widia Larivière, Laurie Odjick, Connie Greyeyes and Helen Knott.
