It was an emotional but important gathering Thursday night at the Dryden Native Friendship Centre.
A Candlelight Vigil was held for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children.
Event Organizer Stephanie Jerri Keeash says the event was all about healing as a community.
Keeash says Indigenous women are people too and she says the issue is a national crisis that exposes the real life experiences of being an Indigenous woman in Canada.
She says its scary to send their daughters, mothers and grandmothers out to the City and not know if they are going to return and if they will be ok.
Stephanie also took time at the Vigil to share her tragic story.
She is the cousin of Tammy Keeash and says she found out through Facebook that the 17-year-old was found dead in a river in Thunder Bay without knowing that Tammy was even missing.
Stephanie says the Vigil was for everyone, but for her it was personal as it was part of a healing journey that she wants others to join.
