The pageant empowering young Indigenous women – The Globe and Mail
Jan 10, 2025
At a powwow last year, Jessica McKenzie was approached by a woman who had survived the Sixties Scoop, one of the darkest chapters in Canada’s history. The woman held her tightly and cried.
It was the moment she truly knew that her title as the first Miss Indigenous Canada carried weight and meaning.
“She said, ‘Thank you so much for putting us on the map. Thank you so much for being the voice for people that couldn’t have a voice generation after generation,’” McKenzie recalled.
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