From left to right; Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, Papaschase First Nation Chief Calvin Bruneau, Frog Lake First Nation Chief Greg Desjarlais, and Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee deliver remarks while honoring the Laderoute and Jacknife families. Photo by Ryan Hunt.
The families of two Indigenous women who went missing in the 1970’s got more closure.
On July 30th, 1975, the body of 24-year-old Louise Laderoute from the Papaschase First Nation was pulled from the North Saskatchewan River. One year later, police found the body of 30-year-old Irene Jacknife who was reported missing in Drayton Valley.
These two files were the first to be taken over by Project Match, a collaboration between EPS and national organizations to review unidentified human remains.
Kari Thomason, the Missing Persons Indigenous Navigator with the Edmonton Police Service, delivers statements from the Laderoute and Jacknife families. Photo by Ryan Hunt.
Project Match is supported by Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women and the City of Edmonton’s Indigenous Relations Office. EPS will tackle the remaining 14 unsolved unidentified human remains on file.
Laderoute and Jacknife were honored on Friday in Edmonton.
Listen to the radio segment featuring Kari Thomason, the Missing Persons Indigenous Navigator with the Edmonton Police Service, below:
With files from Ryan Hunt and Jacob Leblanc
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