Plus, how non-Indigenous Canadians can show their support beyond May 5.
Every year at the start of May, red dresses can be seen hanging from trees, statues and front doors across Canada.
These hollow vermilion silhouettes make a sartorial statement on the epidemic of missing and murderedThe National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People is widely recognized as Red Dress Day, and Canadians are encouraged to hang and wear red as a means of drawing attention to gendered and
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