Red Dress Exhibit tells the stories of missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls through family narratives
Red Dress Exhibit tells the stories of missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls through family narratives

By Crystal St.Pierre  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter   The stories of 13 Indigenous women will be told through this weekend at the Robertson Theatre FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catherines, Ont. “The Red Dress Exhibit: If only these dresses could tell their story” project is focused on raising awareness about the violence that is perpetrated against Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited people. Michele-Elise Burnett, curator of the exhibit, said she was inspired to do the project by a song called Missing she had heard from a close friend, Kenny Lee Lewis from the Steve Miller Band, who had co-written it. “The Red Dress project kind of came as a vision last year,” she said. “It started growing in my mind that we really need to create more awareness of the

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