By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Mary Hannaburg and her daughter Kahsennóktha George were straining to reach a hook in the sign above the door of Pizza Greco, the red dress they wanted to hang there dangling from their hands. As they struggled to place the garment, a symbol used to commemorate and raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S+), a couple strolled by on the sidewalk. The couple – tourists, Hannaburg believes – didn’t hesitate. The man picked up the woman in his arms, and from that height she easily secured the red dress over the window. Hanging red dresses in Kanesatake and beyond on October 4 – the National Day of Action for MMIWG2S+ – is something Hannaburg and

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