Highway of Tears: a true story of racism, indifference, and the pursuit of justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
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"For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The corridor is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis. Journalist Jessica McDiarmid meticulously investigates the devastating effect these tragedies have had on the families of the victims and their communities, and how systemic racism and indifference have created a climate in which Indigenous women and girls are overpoliced yet underprotected. McDiarmid interviews those closest to the victims and provides an intimate firsthand account of their loss and unflagging fight for justice. Examining the historically fraught social and cultural tensions between settlers and Indigenous peoples in the region, McDiarmid links these cases to others across Canada—now estimated to number up to four thousand—contextualizing them within a broader examination of the undervaluing of Indigenous lives in the country. Highway of Tears is a piercing exploration of our ongoing failure to provide justice for the victims and a testament to their families’ and communities’ unwavering determination to find it"--Book jacket.
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British Columbia, Northern
Canada -- Race relations
Crimes against
Indigenous women
Indigenous women -- British Columbia, Northern -- Social conditions
Indigenous women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia, Northern
Indigenous women -- Violence against -- British Columbia, Northern
Missing persons
Missing persons -- British Columbia, Northern
Murder victims
Murder victims -- British Columbia, Northern
Nonfiction
Race relations
Social conditions
Sociology
True Crime
True crime stories
Violence against
Canada -- Race relations
Crimes against
Indigenous women
Indigenous women -- British Columbia, Northern -- Social conditions
Indigenous women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia, Northern
Indigenous women -- Violence against -- British Columbia, Northern
Missing persons
Missing persons -- British Columbia, Northern
Murder victims
Murder victims -- British Columbia, Northern
Nonfiction
Race relations
Social conditions
Sociology
True Crime
True crime stories
Violence against
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"For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The corridor is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis. Journalist Jessica McDiarmid meticulously investigates the devastating effect these tragedies have had on the families of the victims and their communities, and how systemic racism and indifference have created a climate in which Indigenous women and girls are overpoliced yet underprotected. McDiarmid interviews those closest to the victims and provides an intimate firsthand account of their loss and unflagging fight for justice. Examining the historically fraught social and cultural tensions between settlers and Indigenous peoples in the region, McDiarmid links these cases to others across Canada—now estimated to number up to four thousand—contextualizing them within a broader examination of the undervaluing of Indigenous lives in the country. Highway of Tears is a piercing exploration of our ongoing failure to provide justice for the victims and a testament to their families’ and communities’ unwavering determination to find it"--Book jacket.
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Missing persons -- British Columbia, Northern
Murder victims -- British Columbia, Northern
True crime stories
Canada -- Race relations
Indigenous women -- British Columbia, Northern -- Social conditions
Indigenous women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia, Northern
Indigenous women -- Violence against -- British Columbia, Northern
Missing persons -- British Columbia, Northern
Murder victims -- British Columbia, Northern
True crime stories
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Highway of Tears : a true story of racism, indifference, and the pursuit of justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
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Highway of Tears : a true story of racism, indifference, and the pursuit of justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls / Jessica McDiarmid
Highway of Tears A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Highway of Tears A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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Highway of Tears
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a true story of racism, indifference, and the pursuit of justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
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Crimes against
Indigenous women
Missing persons
Murder victims
Nonfiction
Race relations
Social conditions
Sociology
True Crime
Violence against
Indigenous women
Missing persons
Murder victims
Nonfiction
Race relations
Social conditions
Sociology
True Crime
Violence against
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