Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) and two-spirit people were honoured in B.C.91裸聊视频檚 capital this weekend during the annual Stolen Sisters Memorial March.

Indigenous drummers led hundreds from Our Place Society to the legislature building Sunday (Feb. 12) in Victoria.

91裸聊视频淲e are losing too many of our people,91裸聊视频� Stolen Sisters Memorial March committee member Monique May said. 91裸聊视频淭his needs to end. We need support as a community from coast to coast. It91裸聊视频檚 an ongoing crisis.91裸聊视频�

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald spoke on the legislature lawn after the march.

91裸聊视频淓very First Nations person here is affected by MMIWG,91裸聊视频� Archibald said. 91裸聊视频淲e either know somebody directly that has gone missing or has been murdered or we know of a family or friend of someone who has gone missing or has been murdered. This is a widespread issue.91裸聊视频�

This was the 13th annual march, but the event hadn91裸聊视频檛 been held since 2020 because of COVID-19 concerns.

91裸聊视频淪ometimes people think of genocide as a mass genocide that91裸聊视频檚 happening all at once, but the genocide that91裸聊视频檚 happening to First Nation91裸聊视频檚 people is happening to one person at a time,91裸聊视频� Archibald added.

An Esquimalt missing woman file was brought back into the spotlight ahead of the march.

Belinda Cameron was last seen on May 11, 2005, at the Shopper91裸聊视频檚 Drug Mart in the 800-block of Esquimalt Road, and she was reported missing on June 4, 2005.

Cameron is described as Indigenous, 591裸聊视频�891裸聊视频� tall, weighing approximately 170 pounds, with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.

Investigators believe she was the victim of foul play.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Victoria Police Department91裸聊视频檚 historical case review office at 250-995-7390 or call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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