Red Dress Day remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited people
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By Herald on May 5, 2021.
Herald photo by Tim Kalinowski -
City of Lethbridge Indigenous relations co-ordinator Pamela Beebe speaks to reporters in front of city hall on Wednesday about the importance of marking Red Dress Day.
Tim Kalinowski – Lethbridge Herald
The City of Lethbridge marked Red Dress Day in memory of murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited people by hanging two bright red dresses among the green leaves of a weeping willow in front of city hall on Wednesday.
“Today is an important day,” stated Mayor Chris Spearman. “It tells the families of murdered and missing women that they have not been forgotten. The red dress is symbolic of murdered and missing Indigenous women, and those families feel abandoned. Those stories have been forgotten for too long.