Sisters in Spirit Memorial for MMIWG unveiled in Prince Albert And that s what I wanted it to represent that even though our vessels are no longer here, that our sisters spirit and energy are still around.
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Publishing date: Jul 07, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 3 minute read • Artist Tristen Sanderson, in blue, looks at the Sisters in Spirit memorial, a sculpture to honour murdered and missing Indigenous women and children created by Sanderson and Lionel Peyachew. Photo taken in Prince Albert, SK on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Photo by Matt Smith /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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PRINCE ALBERT On each side of the pair of statues is a face: the stages of a life, from infancy to advanced age, each marked with a red handprint.
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald The members of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Women s Council unveiled the MMIWG monument on Prince Albert s riverbank on Wednesday afternoon.
After two years of work, the PAGC unveiled the new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Monument on Prince Albert’s riverbank Wednesday afternoon. The project was a collaborative effort spearheaded by the PAGC Women’s Council to help bring more awareness to the cause.
Women’s Council chairperson Shirley Henderson was pleased to see the work finally completed.
“It means a lot,” she said. “We are just so delighted and so happy to have this for our families to come to, and have a place for us to pray and worship. They can smudge. There is going to be a smudge bowl here and at night, we are going to put lights on it so it shines at night, so if they want to come here at night it will be well lit up.”
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