Manitoba counting on Indigenous matriarchs to help guide MMIWG2S strategy – CBC

Mar 21, 2024

Manitoba’s families minister is bringing some trusted advisers with her to the provincial legislature.

Nahanni Fontaine has enlisted a 18-member team of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit individuals to offer their expertise and advice.

The Matriarch Circle, which met for the first time Thursday, will guide Fontaine’s department on the formation of Manitoba’s first strategy around missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Their input will be welcomed, the minister announced.

“This space was never meant for Indigenous women,” Fontaine told reporters outside the legislative chamber.