Stolen sisters : the story of two missing girls, their families and how Canada has failed Indigenous women / Emmanuelle Walter ; foreword by Melina Laboucan-Massimo ; translated by Susan Ouriou and Chistelle Morelli.

Stolen sisters : the story of two missing girls, their families and how Canada has failed Indigenous women / Emmanuelle Walter ; foreword by Melina Laboucan-Massimo ; translated by Susan Ouriou and Chistelle Morelli.

Translated Title
Sœurs volées.

By
Walter, Emmanuelle, 1969-

Publication Date
2015

Publication Information
Toronto : HarperCollins,

Physical Description
220 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Indigenous women -- Crimes against -- Investigations -- Canada.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
 
First Nations women -- Crimes against -- Investigations -- Canada.
 
Inuit women -- Crimes against -- Investigations -- Canada.
 
Native women -- Canada -- Social conditions.
 
Missing persons -- Investigation.
 
Missing persons -- Canada.
 
Homicide -- Canada.
 
Serial murder investigations -- Canada.
 
Women -- Crimes against -- Canada.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary
In 2014, the nation was rocked by the brutal violence against young Aboriginal women Loretta Saunders, Tina Fontaine and Rinelle Harper. But tragically, they were not the only Aboriginal women to suffer that year. In fact, an official report reveals that since 1980, 1,200 Canadian Aboriginal women have been murdered or have gone missing. This alarming official figure reveals a national tragedy and the systemic failure of law enforcement and of all levels of government to address the issue. Journalist Emmanuelle Walter has spent close to two years investigating one case. Since 2008, two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, teenagers from Maniwaki, Quebec, have been missing. Emmanuelle Walter pieces together the disappearance and loss of these two young women from the voices of family members and witnesses.

Language
English

ISBN
9781443445160

General Note
Translation of: Sœurs volées.


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