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A grieving mother led a caravan of marchers Friday to remember the hundreds of native women who've been murdered or gone missing since 1985.
One of them is her daughter, Daleen Kay (Muskego) Bosse.
"We're still waiting for her to come home," said Pauline Muskego, fighting tears.
"And we're still believing that she will come home."
Daleen, then 26, was last seen on May 18, 2004 in Saskatoon.
She was close to her daughter Faith, now four, a curly-haired youngster who walked amongst the marchers as they arrived from the Onion Lake First Nation, 350 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
About 40 members of the Cree community left their home five days earlier. They took turns running or walking the distance over rural Saskatchewan roads that seem to stretch to the horizon.
It cites how the disappearance of five native women along a lonely stretch of B.C. highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George barely caused a media ripple. Alberta Williams, Delphine Nikal, Ramona Wilson, Roxanne Thiara and Lana Derrick all vanished between 1988 and 1995 along what is now known as the Highway of Tears.
A $5,000 reward is offered for any information about the young mother, who is approximately five-foot-five and weighed 170 pounds when she disappeared. She wears glasses or contact lenses.
Daleen is just one of about 500 women who have disappeared or been murdered in the last 20 years, says Beverley Jacobs.
That figure is an estimate based on preliminary research and anecdotal evidence, said the president of the Native Women's Association of Canada. She suspects the total is higher.
Most Canadians don't realize the seriousness of the issue, Jacobs said
http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/news/story.html?id=64a1f9bd-f68b-466c-8ffc-3051acb1d5ab
One of them is her daughter, Daleen Kay (Muskego) Bosse.
"We're still waiting for her to come home," said Pauline Muskego, fighting tears.
"And we're still believing that she will come home."
Daleen, then 26, was last seen on May 18, 2004 in Saskatoon.
She was close to her daughter Faith, now four, a curly-haired youngster who walked amongst the marchers as they arrived from the Onion Lake First Nation, 350 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
About 40 members of the Cree community left their home five days earlier. They took turns running or walking the distance over rural Saskatchewan roads that seem to stretch to the horizon.
It cites how the disappearance of five native women along a lonely stretch of B.C. highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George barely caused a media ripple. Alberta Williams, Delphine Nikal, Ramona Wilson, Roxanne Thiara and Lana Derrick all vanished between 1988 and 1995 along what is now known as the Highway of Tears.
A $5,000 reward is offered for any information about the young mother, who is approximately five-foot-five and weighed 170 pounds when she disappeared. She wears glasses or contact lenses.
Daleen is just one of about 500 women who have disappeared or been murdered in the last 20 years, says Beverley Jacobs.
That figure is an estimate based on preliminary research and anecdotal evidence, said the president of the Native Women's Association of Canada. She suspects the total is higher.
Most Canadians don't realize the seriousness of the issue, Jacobs said
http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/news/story.html?id=64a1f9bd-f68b-466c-8ffc-3051acb1d5ab