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PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - APRIL 23: Peter Basil sits in the back seat of a car after visiting the provincial capital, Prince George, on April 23, 2016 to gather essential supplies, British Columbia, Canada. He is from the small First Nation Tlazâten Band community of Taiche. His younger sister, Mackie Basil, vanished in June of 2013 after last being seen on an isolated logging road north of town. Canadaâs Route 16, which connects Prince George with Prince Rupert and runs for 450 miles through the province of British Columbia, has been given the nickname of the Highway of Tears. Along this east to west road, it is estimated that as many as forty First Nations women and girls have been murdered or disappeared. Across Canada, it is estimated that between 1980 and 2014, as many as 1,200 native women and girls were murdered or vanished. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/ Corbis via Getty Images)