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Spazito

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32. You're very welcome!

Reply to niyad (Reply #26)

Tue May 5, 2026, 02:09 PM

May 5

It is a spot I visit often and it is ever-changing with the different messages, poems and much more. It is so respected that nothing is taken from the spot, it is added to instead. There are benches under the covered 'gazebo' where very personal and moving items are placed.

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MMIWG DAY. Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Day. [View all] niyad May 5 OP

K&R!! chowder66 May 5 #1

You are most welcome. niyad May 5 #2

Kick SheltieLover May 5 #3

Thank you. niyad May 5 #23

Thank you -- our Episcopal church is holding a memorial obamanut2012 May 5 #4

I am so glad to hear this, and so horrified by the need for it. niyad May 5 #24

That is an excellent -- and heartbreaking way -- to put it obamanut2012 May 5 #41

DURec leftstreet May 5 #5

Thank you. niyad May 5 #25

We have a spot along a riverside walkway that is dedicated to this and... Spazito May 5 #6

Where, please? efhmc May 5 #12

In Alberta, just outside of Edmonton... Spazito May 5 #13

Thanks for the answer. Should have known it was Canada. efhmc May 5 #15

Our history with Canada's Indigenous Peoples has been atrocious... Spazito May 5 #16

I had heard of this but did not know what it was. Thanks for the info. efhmc May 5 #18

You're very welcome! Spazito May 5 #19

Would you consider making an OP about this very important inforrmation, niyad May 5 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Spazito May 5 #39

I did an OP, I'm not sure how much attention it will get... Spazito May 5 #40

Here is a photo of the spot, it is called The Healing Garden Spazito May 5 #21

Thank you for this important background information. niyad May 5 #27

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote May 6 #44

You're very welcome! Spazito May 6 #45

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. niyad May 5 #26

You're very welcome! Spazito May 5 #32

Very important. Also, little or no attention paid to this by the media. LoisB May 5 #7

Sadly true on both counts. niyad May 5 #28

K&R betsuni May 5 #8

Thank you. niyad May 5 #29

Heartbreaking and horrifying. This is how they get their own day. Passages May 5 #9

It is indeed horrifying. niyad May 5 #30

I work for a Native American Tribe, they are calling it MMIP day and wearing red here GusBob May 5 #10

Thank you. I should have included that. niyad May 5 #31

... Solly Mack May 5 #11

Thank you. niyad May 5 #33

Heartbreaking MorbidButterflyTat May 5 #14

Sadly true. niyad May 5 #34

here where i live we don't have a death penalty. but everytime the police come to a dawn5651 May 5 #17

It is an ongoing horror. niyad May 5 #37

It's horrifying the way cases of missing/murdered indigenous women too often aren't investigated. betsuni May 6 #48

sad but true dawn5651 May 6 #49

Kick and rec. 58Sunliner May 5 #20

Thank you. niyad May 5 #35

Thank you!! 58Sunliner May 5 #42

Thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention dlk May 5 #22

You are most welcome. There is indeed much to be done. niyad May 5 #36

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote May 6 #43

So beautiful. So sad it is needed. niyad May 6 #46

I agree LetMyPeopleVote May 6 #47