Remembering Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Introduction
On May 5, people in Canada and the USA remember Indigenous women and girls who are missing or dead.
Main Body
An artist named Jaime Black-Morsette started the REDress Project. She put red dresses in public places. Now, people walk in marches and hold meetings to remember the victims. Many Indigenous women are killed. In Canada, the number of murders is very high for Indigenous women. Police do not always help these families as much as other people. In the USA, Native Americans face more violent crime. The government made new laws in 2020, but they do not work well. Some leaders want more money for local tribal police. Canada has a list of 231 things to fix. The government only fixed two of them. People want a new alert system to find missing people faster.
Conclusion
People are fighting for change, but the governments in Canada and the USA are moving very slowly.
Learning
💡 The Power of 'S' (Present Simple)
Look at how we talk about things that are happening now or are generally true. When we talk about one person or one thing, we add an -s to the action word.
Examples from the text:
- An artist starts
- The government makes / fixes
Compare this to many people:
- People walk (No -s!)
- Police do (No -s!)
🛠️ Useful Word Pairings
To sound more natural at an A2 level, learn words that often go together (Collocations):
| Action | Object | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Hold | meetings | To organize a group talk |
| Fix | things | To make a problem better |
| Face | crime | To experience something bad |
🔍 Quick Tip: 'Many' vs 'Much'
- Many Use for things you can count (Many women, many laws).
- Much Use for things you cannot count (Much money, much help).