Amber Tuccaro, nisitanaw kí tātoskíwinēw, o’kāwímaw, mitātaht nēwosāp písim kí ispítisiniwa o’kosisa kākí wíci pimōtēmāt ēkwa o’wícēwākana iskwēwa ōtē ōci Fort McMurray, isi ōtē Nisku, Alberta ēkotē ōma ē wāpaninik kita kí ati itōtēwcik Edmonton ē kospíhk ōma August 18, 2010 kā askíwāk. Kí nakatēw o’wícēwākana ēkwa o’kosisa kíci ōtēnāk ē kí isi mostōtēt ēkwāni kí pimi otinik napēwa ē ka ē kiskēnítākosinit. Kí tapasinayikēpaniniw ōko napēwa ē pimi ayamítocik, ē kospihk iskwayānōhk Amber kākí pētākosit ē píkiskwēt.

Amber Tuccaro was 20 years old, and the mother of a 14-month-old boy when she traveled with her baby and a female friend from Fort McMurray to Nisku, Alberta with the plan of heading to Edmonton the next day, August 18, 2010. When she left her friend and son on Amber decided to hitchhike into the city and was picked up by an unknown man. There was a conversation with this man that was recorded – it was the last time Amber’s voice was heard.

mwac náspic kiskénícikátéw tánisi ká ispaníkocik óko kákí wanihícik ótó óci Prince George, British Columbia ékospíhk óci August 1989 ká askíwak. nisitanaw-nikotwásosáp kí tátoskíwinéwak óko Doreen ékwa Ronald Jack ékí asotamáwícik atoskéwin éká awa nápéw é kiskénimíht, miníkwéwikamikohk ékí mékoskawácik, ékwani sémák kí maníwak, o’cawásimisiwáwa, kékác-mitátaht é tátoskíwinét Russell, ékwa é néwoskíwinét Ryan. kí sipwé wícéwéwak óko nápéwa óté isi o’kapésíwininihk…mwac kítwam wápamáwak ékospihk óci.

Little is known about the case of Doreen Jack who has been missing from Prince George, British Columbia since August 1989 with her husband Ronald and two young sons. The 26-year-old couple received an offer of employment from an unknown man in a pub, immediately packed up their belongings and their children, 9-year-old Russell, and 4-year-old Ryan. The family followed the unknown man to a remote camp…never to be seen again.

Annie Pootoogook o’tápasinayíkéw óté óci Cape Dorset, Nunavut kákí miskikáténik o’wíyaw óté Rideau River isi níkátéw sípiy kisiwak Bordeleau Park óté Ottawa ékospihk óma September 19, 2016 ká askiwak. kí ataménítakwaniniw óma kákí nisiwanátisit, máka mwac nápsic óci miskikátéw kékon, tánisi óma mwéci kákí ispaníkot kita onasówácikáték óma. Annie kákí sákíkot kí naskoméwak óko simákanisa óté óci Ottawa kákí maci itwét ékwéniw óci óma Annie o’tácimowin.

Annie Pootoogook was a renowned Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut whose body was found in the Rideau River near Bordeleau Park in Ottawa on September 19, 2016. Annie's death was treated as suspicious, but not enough evidence was found to build a case that has led to justice. Annie’s loved ones responded when an Ottawa Police officer made racist social media comments connected to Annie’s story.

July 11 é akimiht písim, 2007 ká askiwak, néwomitanaw néwosap kí tatoskiwinéw awa Jacqueline Crazybull kákí tákamikot mícét nápéwa ponta piko ohci. Ékospihk anima péyakon é-tipiskak, néwo nápéwak ékwa iskwéwak kí ati tákamáwak ékwani óko péyakwan ochi napéwak, kí paspinéwak kakinaw wínawaw maka wína Jackie Crazybull mwac ohci paspíw.

On July 11th, 2007, 44-year-old Jacqueline Crazybull was stabbed by a group of men in an attack that seemed to be random. That same night four other men and women of different ages and ethnicities were stabbed by the same group of men in separate incidents. They recovered from their injuries. Jackie Crazybull did not.

Ékospihk óma April 25 ká akimiht písim, 2013 ká askíwak, kí miskikáténiw o’wíyaw awa nisitanaw éki tatoskíwinét Cheyenne Fox, kákí miskát ékota nícáyihk óma ká ispák ká mamawokániwak. É-mátának ékospihk anima é-kísikak, kí ayaminániwan ékoté isi 911, ékota óma kákí ayát iskwayac kákí wapamiht épimátisit, áta simákanisak kí takopaniwak, máka asa wíkataw.

On April 25th, 2013, the lifeless body of 20-year-old Cheyenne Fox, was found at the bottom of a Toronto high-rise. Earlier on that date, multiple calls were made to 911 from a condo where Cheyenne was last seen alive, but when police arrived, it was too late.

Sandra Johnson kī nītá pwátisimow, ékoté kákī ócīt Seine River First Nation iskonikan, óté Thunder Bay, Ontario. é kéki sépáyak óma February 13, é akimīt 1992 ká askīwák, mitátaht ayinánéwosáp kī tátoskīwinéw Sandra Johnson kákī miskáténik o’wīyaw mitoni kī mostastéw éki nipahit. Mīcét kékona ácimowina móskipaniwa awina óma kákī itákamikisit máka mwac kékon onasowéwin wīcīkwak Sandra o’wákómákana.

Sandra Johnson was a pow wow princess from a loving family on the Seine River First Nation. In Thunder Bay, Ontario on the morning of February 13, 1992, 18-year-old Sandra Johnson’s naked body was found murdered. There are many theories as to who could have committed the horrible crime, but no justice for Sandra’s family.

Emily Osmond tépakohp ayinanéw mitanaw kī tátoskīwinéw iskwayác ká wápamikot o’tósima anta kákī wīkit wanawītimayi óté Kawacatoose iskonikan, Saskachewan, ékospīk óma September, 2007 ká askīwák. O’wákómákana tapwé takénimoniwa éki otinikot awiya, ékosi oti éki isi nakatát kákī otémit ékwa éká awiya é óci wītamawát éwī sipwétét. Kī péyatakisiw awa iskwéw kákī waniyit.

Emily Osmond was 78 years old when she was last seen by her nephew on her property on the outskirts of Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan, in September, 2007. Her family believes she was taken, because Emily’s beloved dogs were abandoned, and she told no-one she was leaving. This peaceful woman vanished without a trace.

ékosipik óma nikáwīm kīsikaw ká ispanik, May 10, é akimīht, 2009 ká askīwák, Tanya Brooks ékospīk iskwayánók kákī ayamiyát o’wákómákana. ékospīk iskwayánók kákī ayamīyácik, éká kītwam wīkác kita ayamiyácik. Niyanan kī ayáwéw awásisa, nisto mitanaw nikotwásosáp kī tátoskīwinéw ispīk ká nipahīt. ékospīk kákī wápamiht é otákosininik é pimótét óta Gottingen Street óté north Halifax, ékoni kákī ati miskát é wápaninik kiskinomákéwikamikohk. Táto askiy pimótániwan é kiskisitotát, kita kakwé miskámīt óko awiniwa kákī nipahikot.

On Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009, Tanya Brooks had final telephone conversations with her family. It would be the last time they would ever speak with her again. A mother of five, Tanya was 36 years old at the time of her murder. She was seen later that evening walking on Gottingen Street in north Halifax, before being found in a school window well the next day. Each year a memorial march gains momentum, strengthening the collective objective to find her murderer.

Maniwaki ékwa Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation iskonikan oté Quebec kákisiwák astéwa. ékospīk óma 2008 ká askīwák é mino wicéwákanitocik óko Maisy Odjick ékwa Shannon Alexander kákī wanihicik éká éntók kékon é kiskénicikáték,

Maniwaki and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec are neighbouring communities. It was from there in 2008 that best friends Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander vanished without a single clue.

éwako óma nistam ká animócikáték ácimowin awa óci Tina Fontaine, mitátaht-niyanosáp kī tátoskīwinéw ispīk o’wiyaw ká miskikáténik sīpihk óté Winnipeg, ékospīk August, 2014 ká askīwák, misiwé ité kī pétákwan ékota óma kákī óci mistayī ati kanawápácikáték óko óci ká wanihicik ékwa ká nipáhicik ininiwiskwéwak ékwa awásisak.

In Taken the Podcast’s first episode, we share the story of Tina Fontaine, a 15-year-old girl whose body was pulled from the Red River in Winnipeg in August, 2014, sparking international attention, and shining a spotlight on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.