{"id":35710,"date":"2015-10-02T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=35710"},"modified":"2018-07-17T14:04:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T18:04:16","slug":"sisters-in-spirit-vigil-for-the-missing-and-murdered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/10\/sisters-in-spirit-vigil-for-the-missing-and-murdered\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters in Spirit vigil for the missing and murdered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The beat of native drumming filled the hallways of Brock University Friday as a procession of people participated in the Sisters in Spirit vigil for missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>After a smudge ceremony in Sankey Chamber, a group singing traditional aboriginal songs made their way outside, picking up spectators along the way. When they reached the Brock statue in front of Schmon Tower, a big drumming circle was held.<\/p>\n<p>Brock students participated along with members of the Strong Water Women drum group from the Fort Erie Native Centre.<\/p>\n<p>They sang for the thousands of missing and murdered aboriginal women.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flexvideo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9JK3oYcQOY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so important because as an indigenous woman, I\u2019m eight times more likely to be murdered,\u201d said Political Science and Aboriginal Studies student Celeste Smith. \u201cIt is a sociological problem. We are three per cent of the population but we make up over 10 per cent of the homicides. That is ridiculous. 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