Tina Fontaine's death has sparked renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.
The 15-year-old girl was considered missing by police three times before she was found murdered in the Red River on Sunday.
She now joins the list of nearly 1,200 native women, girls and even men, across the country who've disappeared or were found dead.
Tuesday night, about 2,000 people attended a vigil in memory of the 15-year-old girl, as well as Faron Hall.
Wednesday evening, another vigil was held honouring a young Cree woman, Hillary Angel Wilson, killed in 2009.
Wilson was killed within weeks of her friend Cherisse Houle’s death. She was found in a creek just outside Winnipeg.
The vigil Tuesday sparked a new sense of hope for the families and advocates in attendance.
"I think people recognize that this is a child and you know our love of our children crosses all cultural, racial class lines. And when we lose a child it's a loss to everybody," said vigil organizer Leah Gazan.
Community advocate Tina Keeper said seeing the support from the larger community was crucial
"And the other part I think was really important about last night was it's a part of a statement that says, we do need a national inquiry on the murdered and missing aboriginal women," said Keeper on Wednesday.
The call for an inquiry is growing louder and stronger across the country.
"It's a national tragedy. It's something we should all feel responsible for. And we should all feel the obligation to take the resources to have a full scale inquiry to come up with solutions and find out what happened,” said national NDP leader Thomas Mulcair Wednesday.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau also spoke out.
“The Liberal Party has always been unequivocal that we need a full national inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women,” he said.
The Harper government has repeatedly said it’s not entertaining the idea of an inquiry and that it has put resources in place already to address the problem.
