It was a bittersweet moment during the Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 seventh annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Girls and Two-Spirit Memorial Vigil.

Westbank First Nation chief Roxanne Lindley addressed a crowd of approximately 100 people, who gathered outside of the courthouse Wednesday night.

91裸聊视频淲hen we look at our murdered and missing Indigenous women, we know that it91裸聊视频檚 an injustice and to know that this is going on in this day and age, with all this technology it91裸聊视频檚 quite heartbreaking actually,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淲hen Canada speaks of reconciliation, and our prime minister (uses) that word, these are the types of issues that we want dealt with. We don91裸聊视频檛 want to gather here year after year and pass it along to our grandchildren and our children to gather here year after year to express our sorrow.91裸聊视频�

Tina Miller has been organizing the vigil for the past four years, and said the situation hasn91裸聊视频檛 improved for women.

91裸聊视频淭hink of Clara Forman recently, and her daughters right? Right here in our own backyard.91裸聊视频�

Bringing awareness to the issue is a step forward, but you have to do that by looking back, she said.

But the event isn91裸聊视频檛 something Miller wants to pass on to her children.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e got three daughters and a son, and they91裸聊视频檝e watched me do this over the years. I don91裸聊视频檛 want to pass this legacy onto them, I shouldn91裸聊视频檛 have to,91裸聊视频� she said.

Students from Mt. Boucherie Secondary and the Westbank First Nation beat drums to honour the missing women, singing the Okanagan Song.

91裸聊视频淚n my opinion it91裸聊视频檚 growing and growing,91裸聊视频� said Miller of the awareness.

A collective formed to organize the event, which is new this year, she said.

Pauline Terbasket, executive director of the Okanagan Nation Alliance, has attended the vigils in Kelowna since the beginning.

91裸聊视频淚njustice is injustice, think of the mothers, the families that are suffering great loss. Some of these women and girls have never been found, their cases are not closed. There91裸聊视频檚 no closure for our families, our peoples, in respect to this issue. Yes it91裸聊视频檚 sad to say that we have to meet this way, but it91裸聊视频檚 important, it91裸聊视频檚 our responsibility to meet this way. We all are responsible to foster social change.91裸聊视频�

Shelly Nguy doesn91裸聊视频檛 have an Indigenous background, but said she wanted to attend the event to show her support. Ashlee Tom stood with her, holding a poster with faces of missing women on the Highway of Tears in northern B.C.

91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 important, and my family actually did a unity ride to raise awareness about the Highway of Tears a few years ago so it91裸聊视频檚 something that91裸聊视频檚 been important to my family as well,91裸聊视频� said Tom.

91裸聊视频淚 think there91裸聊视频檚 more awareness now than there91裸聊视频檚 used to be.91裸聊视频�

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