RCMP investigate death of Diem Saunders, N.L. advocate for Indigenous women
Delilah Saunders, sister of the late Loretta Saunders, is seen at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in Membertou, N.S., on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
''Police in Labrador are investigating the death Tuesday of Inuk writer and advocate for Indigenous women Diem Saunders, formerly known as Delilah Saunders.
Saunders was the sibling of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk woman from Labrador who was murdered in Halifax in 2014.
Loretta's murder prompted Diem to become an advocate for Indigenous women, and Diem was among the first to speak during the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Diem Saunders was also part of the Indigenous fight against the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador and took part in hunger strikes against the project, which flooded swaths of Indigenous land''
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Delilah Saunders, sister of the late Loretta Saunders, is seen at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in Membertou, N.S., on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
''Police in Labrador are investigating the death Tuesday of Inuk writer and advocate for Indigenous women Diem Saunders, formerly known as Delilah Saunders.
Saunders was the sibling of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk woman from Labrador who was murdered in Halifax in 2014.
Loretta's murder prompted Diem to become an advocate for Indigenous women, and Diem was among the first to speak during the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Diem Saunders was also part of the Indigenous fight against the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador and took part in hunger strikes against the project, which flooded swaths of Indigenous land''