CALGARY – Sandra Manyfeathers has been on a relentless pursuit for justice following her sister’s murder nearly a decade ago. She’s fought every day to ensure her sister isn’t just a statistic.
But only now has she discovered Jackie Crazybull’s death, along with countless other First Nations people, had never before been documented by Statistics Canada.
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For the first time ever, the government agency is tracking and recording homicide rates to include Aboriginal Peoples.
An even more disturbing revelation for her, was that almost one quarter of Canada’s homicide victims are aboriginal.
Watch Jill Croteau’s story above for the details.
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