On Dec.1, 2022, the Winnipeg Police Service announced that the homicides of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman were connected to the same perpetrator.

Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois & Morgan Harris were believed to be killed in May, while Buffalo Woman is believed to be killed in early March 2022. These women were mothers, sisters , friends, loved ones.

Since the announcement of the homicides being connected was made, many groups have called on all levels of government to do something about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls & Two-Spirited people epidemic that is ongoing in Canada.

We are calling on the municipal government to cease operations at both Prairie Green and Brady Landfills, and search immediately for the remains of those who are still missing.

We are calling on the provincial government to urge the City of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Police to search these sites and, further, for them to urge the federal government to declare a national state of emergency.

We are calling on the federal government of Canada to declare a national emergency surrounding MMIWG2S. Use these letter templates, written in collaboration with the University of Manitoba Indigenous Students’ Association Women’s Council, to send a letter to the politicians listed below.

State of Emergency Letter Provincial and Municipal

State of Emergency Letter Federal