Walking With Our Sisters

Walking With Our Sisters is an art project created by Christi Belcourt.

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• September 2014: The exhibition features a sacred art bundle of about 1,800 moccasin vamps created between July 2012 and July 2013 to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The memorial includes vamps dedicated to children who did not return from residential school. The installation opened at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery on September 19, 2014, as part of a tour scheduled to visit over 31 locations. The project does not accept government funding, relying instead on community contributions.
• January 2016: The project features close to 1,800 pairs of beaded moccasin vamps to honor the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The installation is scheduled to travel for seven years, visiting communities such as Edmonton, Thunder Bay, and Sault Ste. Marie. The memorial creates a sacred space for families to grieve and includes 108 children's vamps to remember Shingwauk Indian Residential School students who never returned home.
• March 2016: The project involved over 1,800 women sending decorated moccasin tops, known as vamps, to Christi Belcourt. Many of the vamps contributed to the project served as memorials to women lost to violence.
• July 2016: The organization collaborated on a project to create red dress pins. The group has been involved in beading events throughout Thunder Bay.
• July 2018: The project is led by Michif visual artist Christi Belcourt.
• June 2025: This project consists of a pathway of beaded vamps that represent the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. It is highlighted in the book REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence as a project related to the REDress Project.