women taken from us, either murdered or gone missing, that we have our own hashtag for it: #MMIWG. So many of our men taken from us, put in prisons or early graves for trying to survive. So many of our children taken from their families and placed in foster care that girls from my community were scared to even give birth in nearby hospitals. And Canadians blaming us for it all, as if this was something we chose instead of something that was forced on us over and over, by people who said they just wanted to help. So much loss. Inconceivable loss. The type of loss that doesn’t end, but instead
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