Moccasin Vamps

Display of moccasin vamps, or tongues, beaded in remembrance of Canada’s missing aborigine women. According to the organizing group Walking With Our Sisters, “The tops of moccasins are intentionally not sewn into moccasins, and represent the unfinished lives of murdered or missing Indigenous women, exhibited on a pathway to represent their path or journey that was ended prematurely. As the artists created these works, many prayed and put their love into their stitching." This group was beaded by women of the Kahnawake Reserve. Photo courtesy of Walking With Our Sisters