From the Winnipeg Sun–A ceremony in Winnipeg this week saw the Honourable Murray Sinclair gifted the three millionth moose hide pin that has been handed out since 2011, as part of a campaign that looks to stand up to and speak out against violence against Indigenous women and girls.
On Thursday, representatives from the Moose Hide Campaign were in Winnipeg where they presented Sinclair, a long-time Indigenous leader and former senator, with their three millionth pin at an event at the University of Manitoba campus.
Started in 2011 by Paul and Raven Lacerte, an Indigenous father and daughter from the Carrier First Nation in B.C., the campaign hands out moose hide pins across Canada, and asks that all who wear the pins make a commitment to “honour, respect and protect the women and children in your life, and speak out against gender-based and domestic violence.”
The campaign has set a goal of handing out 10 million of the pins across Canada, as they look to bring awareness and start conversations about violence against Indigenous women and girls.