Gathering in P.A. commemorates Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits

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“We’re bringing back traditional Indigenous language methods and beliefs and values, such as the Medicine Wheel and the meaning of the Medicine Wheel,” said Kadachuk. “All aspects of the individual have to be in balance for the healing of the whole part of the individual, the body, the mind, the spirit, and the heart.”

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Some parts of the gathering have been emotionally difficult, as Kadachuk said there have been family members of missing and murdered people who were invited to come speak. For her, this has also given the event a deeper personal meaning.

“I’ve been with those that have lost family members, either they’re murdered or missing,” she said. “As an Indigenous woman, I want to support Indigenous women. It started with No More Stolen Sisters, and I’m here to support Indigenous people with their challenges.”

Those challenges aren’t going away, but Kadachuk felt they were at least making some progress by coming together and facing those challenges collectively and with a sense of community support.

“When they (families) come up and speak about their own personal challenges in their own family or in their community, others come up,” she said. “If they’re really struggling and they can’t speak, other women come up and comfort them and support them. That really helps.”

From 2016 to 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls researched the crisis. It determined the crisis constituted race, identity, and gender-based genocide.

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