‘This is not normal. It cannot be normal. We cannot accept it.’

Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark is Tulı́t’a Dene. She describes her life’s work as being reconciliation and advocacy for murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Following the death of Tara Carpenter in Inuvik, Yakeleya Newmark is calling for a renewed focus on MMIWG and violence in the North.