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My name is Violet Suze.

My pre-name is B.C. Mock's Quill.

And I need to talk about my auntie Shirley.

When Shirley left the reserve,

Shirley went right letters home in 1980.

The letters stopped over the years.

We stopped relying on the police.

Being told that, oh, she's probably just another dead Indian.

Shirley's mother said, promise me you'll find her and bring her home.

The pre-name for women is Esquel, which means the firekeeper.

We are the keepers of the culture.

When you make a promise in our culture, you have to follow through.

There are 120,000 to unsolved murders in America.

Each one is a cold case.

Only 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

Samson Cree Nation is in the center of Alberta between Edmonton and Calgary.

We are a population of about 20,000.

The values of our people are very strong,

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