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Ben Powless is a Mohawk citizen from Six Nations in Ontario, currently based in Ottawa. He works primarily with the Indigenous Environmental Network. He is an avid photographer and sporadic writer.

In pictures: the Families of Sisters In Spirit vigil honours missing, murdered Indigenous women

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Ben Powless
| October 6, 2013
Photo: Ben Powless

rabble staff: The Familes of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) is a grassroots not-for-profit volunteer organization located on unceded Algonquin Territory (Ottawa) led by families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls with support from Indigenous and non-Indigenous allies. 

On Friday, October 4, FSIS held their third annual vigil honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women in Ottawa.

The following are photos by rabble.ca blogger, Ben Powless. See more about FSIS see their Facebook page.

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