Tiffany Morrison, 25, Missing Since 6/18, 2006, Kahnawake, QC

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Tiffany Morrison

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TIFFANY MORRISON,aged 25, from the Mohawk Territory of Kaknawake outside Montreal has not been seen since June 18, 2006.

Her sister, Melanie Morrison describes Tiffany as someone “who was always trying to better herself, to make a better life for her and her daughter.” When Tiffany went out for the night and didn’t return, the family feared the worst.

“She loved her daughter so much,” says Carol Morrison, Tiffany’s mother, “She would never leave her like this.”

Tiffany was seen at a bar in the nearby town of LaSalle, Quebec on the night she disappeared. She shared a taxi back to Kahnawake with a man from the community. He has told police that she remained in the taxi after he was let out at his own house.

Although taxi drivers are required to report their fares, they don't always do so. To date, the police have not been able to identify the taxi company or locate the driver. Tiffany’s bank account and credit card have not been used since that night.

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers, the police force for the Kahnawake First Nation, is treating Tiffany’s disappearance as a criminal investigation. They have been in contact with police forces in Quebec and Ontario.

Ed Stacey, Investigator with the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, says that after publicizing Tiffany’s disappearance on missing persons networks, the force has heard numerous false sightings and other rumours but so far has turned up little that is credible. However, he remains convinced that there are members of the public who know something about what happened but have not come forward yet.

The support from the Kahnawake Peacekeepers has helped to make a difficult time easier for the Morrison family. “They have always provided us with updates and stay in regular contact.” says Melanie. “Any time we approached the Peacekeepers with suggestions or new approaches to the investigation, they were willing to explore them with us.”

Tiffany and her daughter live with her mother Carol. Her family describe her as energetic and completely devoted to her daughter. At the time of her disappearance, Tiffany had just completed an entrepreneurial training program. She planned to apply for a loan so she could go into business for herself.

“Tiffany always had a plan,” her mother recalls. “She wanted to get her and her daughter their own home.”

Although she is certain that Tiffany would have not gone missing of her own free will, her mother Carol continues to hope that she will be found and can return safely home. “There’s a young girl who asks every day when her mother will come home. All we can do is hope.”

“She is my sister. She is a mother, a daughter. She is someone who is deeply missed by her family and community.” says Melanie. “Every day we hope for new information, anything that might tell us where Tiffany might be. Someone knows something. Our hope depends on them coming forward.”

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers have asked that anyone with information on the disappearance of Tiffany Morrison contact Ed Stacey at 450-632-6505.
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Tiffany Morrison, a 25-year-old Mohawk woman from the Mohawk Territory of Kaknawake outside Montreal has not been seen since June 18, 2006.

Her sister, Melanie Morrison describes Tiffany as someone “who was always trying to better herself, to make a better life for her and her daughter.” When Tiffany went out for the night and didn’t return, the family feared the worst.

“She loved her daughter so much,” says Carol Morrison, Tiffany’s mother, “She would never leave her like this.”

Tiffany was seen at a bar in the nearby town of LaSalle, Quebec on the night she disappeared. She shared a taxi back to Kahnawake with a man from the community. He has told police that she remained in the taxi after he was let out at his own house. Although taxi drivers are required to report their fares, they don't always do so. To date, the police have not been able to identify the taxi company or locate the driver. Tiffany’s bank account and credit card have not been used since that night.

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers, the police force for the Kahnawake First Nation, is treating Tiffany’s disappearance as a criminal investigation. They have been in contact with police forces in Quebec and Ontario.

Ed Stacey, Investigator with the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, says that after publicizing Tiffany’s disappearance on missing persons networks, the force has heard numerous false sightings and other rumours but so far has turned up little that is credible. However, he remains convinced that there are members of the public who know something about what happened but have not come forward yet.

The support from the Kahnawake Peacekeepers has helped to make a difficult time easier for the Morrison family. “They have always provided us with updates and stay in regular contact.” says Melanie. “Any time we approached the Peacekeepers with suggestions or new approaches to the investigation, they were willing to explore them with us.”

Tiffany and her daughter live with her mother Carol. Her family describe her as energetic and completely devoted to her daughter. At the time of her disappearance, Tiffany had just completed an entrepreneurial training program. She planned to apply for a loan so she could go into business for herself.

“Tiffany always had a plan,” her mother recalls. “She wanted to get her and her daughter their own home.”

Although she is certain that Tiffany would have not gone missing of her own free will, her mother Carol continues to hope that she will be found and can return safely home. “There’s a young girl who asks every day when her mother will come home. All we can do is hope.”

“She is my sister. She is a mother, a daughter. She is someone who is deeply missed by her family and community.” says Melanie. “Every day we hope for new information, anything that might tell us where Tiffany might be. Someone knows something. Our hope depends on them coming forward.”

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers have asked that anyone with information on the disappearance of Tiffany Morrison contact Ed Stacey at 450-632-6505.

Updated: 4 October 2007

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Vigil and Memorial Walk for Tiffany Morrison
By admin | Published: June 12, 2009

Two Events:

June 18: A memorial walk and candlelight vigil for the 3rd anniversary of Tiffany Morrison’s disappearance, 8pm in Kahnawake, at the grounds beside the K103 radio station

Tiffany Morrison is a 25-year-old Mohawk woman who disappeared after getting in a cab that left LaSalle, Quebec in 2006. She shared a taxi back to Kahnawake with a man from the community, who has told police that she remained in the taxi after he was let out at his house. Tiffany has a daughter to whom she is completely devoted, and as her mother said, “she would never leave her like this.”

Police negligence and media blackout continue to act as major barriers to solving the case. Join us to help raise awareness of Tiffany’s case, and to show her family that we will not be silent as their loved one is missing.

For more information on Tiffany’s disappearance: www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_tiffany_morrison.phpwww.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_tiffany_morrison.php

Transportation: Buses ($2 per person, or by donation) will leave Angrignon station at 7pm, and return at 10:30pm. To reserve a spot on a bus, please contact Kary Ann Deer at Quebec Native Women Inc (450)632-0088 ext.221.

Cyclists will meet at Angrignon station at 3:30 and will return to Montreal between 9:30 and 10pm.

Email us with any questions at justiceformissing@gmail.com

June 17: A workshop held by Sisters in Spirit, 5:30pm in Kahnawake, at the Golden Age Club

This workshop will be an opportunity for community members to strategize on the issues surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous women. A light meal will be served at 5pm.

The Sisters in Spirit initiative of the Native Women’s Association of Canada works to address violence facing Aboriginal women, in particular focusing on the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.

No transportation has been arranged for this event.

Missing Justice is a newly formed grassroots collective based in Montreal that works to eliminate the ongoing and increasing threat to the safety of Indigenous women in Canada, and to dispel harmful stereotypes about First Nations People. Since September, five First Nations women have gone missing in Quebec. Missing Justice recognizes that this, and all violence against Indigenous women is a result of systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples by the government, with the compliance of media and police. Some of the collective’s activities include raising awareness, such as an upcoming Montreal-wide poster campaign, research, information-sharing, media campaigns, popular education and direct action.

For more information on Missing Justice please check out: www.missingjustice.mvmnt.ca.
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Family holds vigil on 3rd anniversary of Mohawk woman's disappearance
Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2009 | 10:27 AM ET Comments0Recommend0
CBC News

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Melanie Morrison prepares candles for a vigil in Kahnawake Thursday night to raise awareness for her missing sister Tiffany Morrison. (CBC)

Friends and family of Tiffany Morrison held a vigil Thursday night to mark the third anniversary of her disappearance.

About 300 people stood in respect as tiotiake singers paid tribute to the missing Mohawk woman. Police say they have very few leads in the case, and only one suspect.

Morrison was last seen in a taxi with a man on the Kahnawake reserve, southwest of Montreal.

The man told police the taxi driver dropped him off at home first, and then continued on with Morrison. He said he doesn't remember details about the driver, or the taxi company, and he has refused to take a lie detector test.

Tiffany's sister, Melanie Morrison, said Thursday having the lone suspect living so close has created a rift in the community. “If it was me, I'd be doing anything and everything that the police asked me to, since I was the last person to be seen with her,” she said.

Morrison’s family said the media have largely ignored her disappearance.

“I hate to say that there's a lot of prejudice in the media, but when something like this happens, we didn't get the attention that we should have got, so it makes us wonder if maybe a member of our community is viewed as not as important,” Melanie Morrison said.

People in the community plan to raise awareness by putting her picture on billboards near the reserve. They hope that seeing Morrison’s face every day will motivate someone who might know details of her whereabouts to come forward.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/06/19/montreal-kahnawake-mohawk-missing-woman-vigil.html

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Search for missing Kahnawake woman enters fourth year


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Tiffany Morrison, a 25-year-old Mohawk woman from the Mohawk Territory of Kaknawake outside Montreal has not been seen since June 18, 2006.

By Catherine Solyom, The Gazette
June 21, 2009

MONTREAL -It's been three years since Tiffany Morrison disappeared, and her family is no closer to finding her, dead or alive.

The 24-year-old Mohawk woman went missing after leaving a bar in LaSalle in June 2006 and taking a taxi home to Kahnawake, south of Montreal, with a man from the community. But that's where the trail ends, says her sister, Melanie Morrison.

Tiffany's bank account and credit card have not been used since that night.

"It's been really, really rough, especially for my parents, not knowing anything but always hoping," Morrison said. "When they hear a car passing or someone getting out, they're waiting to see her just pop up. After three years, they're realistic, but there's always that hope. ... "It's horrible to say, but you hear of people held captive for years, and it gives us hope. At least she'd be alive." The man who shared a cab with Tiffany told police that she stayed in the taxi after he got out at his house, on the other side of the reserve.

But taxi drivers don't always report their fares - particularly when they end up in Kahnawake, Morrison said.

Police have not been able to identify the taxi driver. The three companies that service the area have refused to provide the names of drivers working that night. And without evidence, police can't obtain a court order.

The man says he can't remember which company picked them up, and has refused a lie-detector test.

"Did they really get in a taxi?" Morrison asked. "No one saw them." This week, the Morrisons held a vigil for Tiffany and led a memorial walk through Mohawk territory last night.

They are also planning to put up billboards along the highway with Tiffany's picture, hoping to jog someone's memory, or "eat away at someone's conscience." "There has to be someone out there who knows something but is just afraid or being pressured not to get involved," Morrison said.

In three years, there have been tips leading to searches by police divers and cadaver dogs - dogs trained to locate and follow the scent of decomposing human flesh.

But nothing has been found.

The family even consulted three psychics for help.

Morrison says the Kahnawake Peacekeepers were slow to react - this is the first and only missing person case they have dealt with.

But the delay may have been costly, as memories of people who might have seen something that night faded.

And as the country celebrates National Aboriginal Day today, she says the non-native community has been indifferent.

There were no media reports when Tiffany disappeared, or rewards offered.

"Is it only one day of the year they can think of our community and ask what's going on with us? "There are over 500 cases of missing and murdered native women in Canada (since 1980), most of which are unsolved." Tiffany's 7-year-old daughter and her parents are still waiting for a clue as to what happened to the woman, described as full of energy and heart, perhaps too trusting, who wanted to open a taxi company in Kahnawake.

"Imagine one of your children going out the door and you never see them again," Morrison said.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Search+missing+Kahnawake+woman+enters+fourth+year/1718009/story.html

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How sad that the taxi companies won't release the names of who was on duty that night.