National News Wood smoke and songs kick off MMIWG Inquiry in Winnipeg By Kathleen Martens Oct 16, 2017 Elders blessed the sacred fire and put down their bundles to open the week of hearings for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Winnipeg Monday. Report an Error Tell us your Story Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Details *PhoneSubmit Report Tags: Featured, Kathleen Martens, Manitoba, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Winnipeg Continue Reading Crimes against women in Manitoba to take centre stage at MMIWG National Inquiry Nicole Daniels: A freezing death, false assumptions and pain Author(s) Kathleen Martens [email protected] More Stories Indigenous services launches forensic audit into FSIN prog... 11 hours ago By APTN National News Wolastoqey Nation pushes back against closure of baby eel ... 3 days ago By Angel Moore National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation receives $5M ... 3 days ago By Sav Jonsa ‘Our Children are not for sale’: Treaty 8 chiefs 3 days ago By Danielle Paradis UN reminds Canada, Manitoba they’re breaching intern... 3 days ago By Kathleen Martens Feds failing at health care reconciliation and nursing is ... 4 days ago By Kathleen Martens