"Native woman".

MEMORIAL FOR MISSING WOMEN
Saturday November 16, 2002
Alan Gardens, Toronto

WELCOMING SONG
Mic Mac Welcoming/Honour Song

SMUDGING CEREMONY

OPENING PRAYER

WELCOMING
Amber O'Hara ( Waabnong Kwe )

STRONG WOMENS SONG
a song from the Prison for Women

NAMES
( Names and stories of each of the women will be read )

RELEASE OF BALLOONS
( to demonstrate how each woman disappeared as names are read ) - the balloons are red, white, yellow and black

ANISHNAWBE KWE SONG
A strong healing song for women, which speaks of women's roles, and importance in society.

WOMENS WORDS
( Writings/Words of some of the missing women )

SHARING CIRCLE
Families and friends of Missing Women will share

SNAKE MEDICINE SONG
A very powerful healing song for the families and loved ones of the missing/murdered women.

TRAVELING SONG

FEAST

I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitute to:

Women's Memorial Quilt	Dreams/Visions about the Vancouver Missing Women case	Beaded White Ribbons for Sale (FUNDRAISER FOR QUILT)	Missing Women Poster
Toronto Vigil Updates	Toronto Star article, Nov. 30, 2002	Vancouver Magazine	SUCCESS STORIES
	Elaine Allenbach's Story	Missing Women Tribute ( A beautiful tribute )	Toronto's Memorial Nov. 16, 2002
America's Most Wanted	State to State Unsolved Crimes	Aboriginal Justice Inquiry
Vancouver Police Department	DTES VANCOUVER MISSING WOMEN	Mainland Vancouver women murdered during the same time frame
About the author of this site	Traditional Grief Teachings	Upcoming memorials/events	Indian Act
CTV NEWS CLIP- go to "technical...	Quilt Panel instructions	Missing/Murdered First Nations Women in Canada	They Are Missing Org