This story contains details about murder and sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing.
In the summer of 2003, my Tŝilhqot’in friend Ellen (not her real name) invited me to visit her territory so I could get away from an abusive man I was dating and the scene that drew us together. She and I drove from Vancouver to her community of Yunesit’in, also known as Stone or Stoney. The community is about an hour away from Williams Lake in the Cariboo region of BC’s interior, about seven to eight hours away from Vancouver, and about four hours away from the start of the Highway of Tears, in Prince George, driving along Highway 97.
