Tina Fontaine’s school honours her with mural 4 years after her death

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Tina Fontaine’s school honours her with mural 4 years after her death – CBC

by ahnationtalk on December 19, 2018493 Views

Powerview School painting depicts Fontaine, who was 15 when she was found dead in Red River in Winnipeg

The school where Tina Fontaine spent much of her youth has memorialized her with a mural, four years after the 15-year-old was found dead in the Red River in Winnipeg.

The painting in a hallway at Powerview School shows Fontaine standing in a long red dress. She’s surrounded by a golden glow, with a lakeshore and a flock of birds in flight at her side.

Larry Sharpe, the vice-principal of the school, said the mural, by Indigenous artist Shawna Grapentine, was a way to honour the teen, a member of nearby Sagkeeng First Nation, and all other missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.