Blanket of Hope
Blanket of Hope is a memorial blanket adorned with angels and earrings.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- January 2015: The project consists of a pink Pendleton blanket adorned with 1,181 earrings to represent murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada. Organizers intended to display the blanket at a roundtable event in Thunder Bay in February 2015. The initiative aims to visually demonstrate the scale of violence against Indigenous women and call for an immediate inquest.[2]
- January 2018: The blanket was displayed at the Memorial Round Dance to represent Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. It includes an earring designed by Laurie McLeod-Shabogesic to honour Maisy Odjick.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hundreds gather for Memorial Round Dance honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls", Anishinabek News, 24 January 2018 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Over 1,000 earrings sought for ‘Blanket of Hope’ project", Anishinabek News, 13 January 2015 (archived copy; original article).