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Wicanhi Duta Win or red Star Women

Wicanhi Duta Win (Red Star Woman)

Located just outside the Saskatoon Police Service Headquarters building, Lionel Peyachew’s life-sized bronze sculpture titled “Wicanhi Duta Win (Red Star Woman)” is a powerful symbol of remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. It depicts a woman dancing on a cloud, her shawl transforming into eagle's wings as it trails behind her. The piece was modelled on Amber Redman, a young woman from Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation who disappeared in 2005 and was later found to have been murdered.

At an emotional unveiling ceremony in 2017, the artist Peyachew addressed the crowd about the importance of working toward effective prevention and meaningful justice for the missing and murdered, saying, “Never give up. It is a long way to get to what we want but I know things will get better. But don’t ever give up.”

Wicanhi Duta Win or Red Star Women  
Wicanhi Duta Win or red Star Women  
Wicanhi Duta Win or red Star Women

Wicanhi Duta Win (Red Star Woman)

This life-sized bronze sculpture depicts a dancing woman with a shawl transforming into eagle’s wings, a symbol of remembrance of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.