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AZRAYA ACKABEE-KOKOPENACE"
12X12X1.5 INCHES | 1/4" MODERN BIRCH FRAME

Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, 14, was found dead on April 17, 2016, a few days after she walked away from a Kenora, Ont., hospital. She had been dropped off by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). A few weeks earlier, she was involved in an altercation with an OPP officer. A coroner’s report is not yet finished, but her father, Marlin Kokopenance, says he was told that she died by suicide. For him, there are too many unanswered questions in her final hours, including why she was allowed to walk away from the hospital.
CLICK TO READ HER WHOLE STORY ​ON CBC NEWS:
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Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls

25% from each painting sold will be donated by the artist to The Metis Nation of Ontario​. ​If you are interested in purchasing this Memorial Artwork please CLICK HERE.

CLICK TO ENLARGE ARTWORK.

Do you have information on an unsolved case involving missing or murdered indigenous women or girls?
​Contact CBC by email at mmiw@cbc.ca
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      • BIG CHICKEN WORKSHOP
    • HOPE >
      • HOPE SERIES (LARGE)
      • MINI HOPE 6"
      • MINI HOPE 8"
      • MINI HOPES 10"
      • MINI HOPES 12"
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AZRAYA ACKABEE-KOKOPENACE"
12X12X1.5 INCHES | 1/4" MODERN BIRCH FRAME

Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, 14, was found dead on April 17, 2016, a few days after she walked away from a Kenora, Ont., hospital. She had been dropped off by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). A few weeks earlier, she was involved in an altercation with an OPP officer. A coroner’s report is not yet finished, but her father, Marlin Kokopenance, says he was told that she died by suicide. For him, there are too many unanswered questions in her final hours, including why she was allowed to walk away from the hospital.
CLICK TO READ HER WHOLE STORY ​ON CBC NEWS:
​
Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls

25% from each painting sold will be donated by the artist to The Metis Nation of Ontario​. ​If you are interested in purchasing this Memorial Artwork please CLICK HERE.

CLICK TO ENLARGE ARTWORK.

Do you have information on an unsolved case involving missing or murdered indigenous women or girls?
​Contact CBC by email at mmiw@cbc.ca