Ideas 'Accidental activist' links resource extraction to missing and murdered Indigenous women
Mar 2, 2026
A personal story of grief turned into public action for missing Indigenous women. Memories of growing up in Fort St. John and confronting local violence. Connections are drawn between resource extraction, transient workforces and increased risks for Indigenous women. Practical accountability ideas and the tension between development and community consent are explored.
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Psychic Moment Sparked a Lifelong Search
- Connie Greyeyes began searching for her childhood friend Stacey Lynn Rogers after a psychic told her Stacey was trying to be heard, which pushed Connie from denial into action.
- Stacey went missing in 1988 and has never been found, and that unresolved loss motivated Connie to keep looking and to organize vigils.
Three Friends Who Never Came Home
- Connie recounts several friends who went missing or were murdered, including Ramona Shuler, Sandra Callahason, and Shirley Clethrow, to show the pattern in Fort St. John.
- Ramona disappeared in 2003, Sandra in 1997 (remains later found on Highway 16), and Shirley went missing in 2006; many remain unfound.
Resource Booms Correlate With Local Violence
- Connie links spikes in missing and assaulted women to transient resource workers and seasonal booms in oil and gas towns.
- She notes filled hotels, unfamiliar patrons in bars, and victims unable to identify transient assailants as key patterns.