Red Dress Day, first observed in 2010, happens every May 5.

The goal of the day is to honour and bring awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women and girls, and two-spirit people who have gone missing or who have been murdered. 

The Red Dress Solidarity Walk & Memorial Round Dance is an event organized by the Nistawoyou Association Friendship Centre, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and the Athabasca Tribal Council.

Morning Events

8:00 am Pipe Ceremony

10:00 am Remarks from Leadership

10:30 am Solidarity Walk

12:00 pm Community Feast

Afternoon Events

1:00 pm-4:00 pm Memorial Round Dance
MC Adrian Lachance
Stick Man Randy Marten
Special Guests Cree Confederation and Fawn Wood

1:00 pm-4:00 pm Memorial Activities & MMEIP Supports Available

3:00 pm Giveaway

4:00 pm Closing Ceremony

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Red Dress Day was inspired in 2010 by Jamie Black, a Métis artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Black hung hundreds of empty red dresses in public places to represent missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and to bring awareness to the issue.