“Can you imagine not having answers for over 50 years about where your child is?” 💔
Manitoba, Canada – It was June 22, 1974 — a warm Treaty Day in Manitoba. People were gathered, celebrating, drinking, and dancing under the northern skies. But somewhere in the quiet, lost beneath the music and shadows of a gravel pit campfire, 13-year-old Annie Yassie vanished — and never came home again.
Now, over five decades later, her family is still waiting, still pleading, still searching. Her sister, Eva Yassie, carries the weight of each year like a stone on her chest:
“We just want to bring her home… I’ve carried this grief longer than she lived.”
🎒 Who Was Annie?
Annie Yassie, born July 27, 1960, belonged to the Sayisi Dene First Nation. She had just returned from MacKay Residential School in Dauphin — a place already darkened by the traumatic legacy of Canada’s residential school system.
Described as gentle and kind, Annie had brown eyes, long black hair, and a fragile build. On the day she vanished, she wore a denim jacket, matching jeans, and brown leather shoes with a slight heel — details etched forever in her family’s memory.
đź›» The Last Ride
On the night of June 22, Annie left with a man more than 10 years her senior, reportedly intoxicated. They called a taxi to a remote gravel pit — a popular party spot. Witnesses say Annie had passed out in the back seat, and the man had to drag her out. The driver returned hours later as requested — but Annie was gone.
Her companion, now deceased, always claimed he couldn’t remember what happened that night. Annie wasn’t reported missing until four days later.
đź“ŤThe Tragic Patterns
Annie’s disappearance is one of hundreds — even thousands — of unresolved cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) across Canada.
Despite multiple RCMP campaigns and national inquiries, many families like the Yassies feel abandoned by the justice system.
“She was just a child,” says Eva. “They wrote her off before they even started looking.”
🚨 Why It Still Matters
In 2025, Annie would have been 65 years old. Instead, she remains a name on a cold case file, a face on a missing persons list, a scar on Canada’s conscience.
Her case is more than a personal tragedy. It’s a symbol of systemic failure, of voices unheard, of stories buried deep in the gravel of neglect.
🕯️ A Call for Action
The Winnipeg RCMP Cold Case Unit still lists Annie’s disappearance as unsolved. Her family clings to the hope that someone knows something — and that after 50 years, someone might finally speak.
If you have any information about Annie Yassie’s disappearance — no matter how small —
đź“ž Call: 204-983-5461
📧 Email: [email protected]
🙏 Final Words
She was a girl. A sister. A daughter. A human being. Her family deserves closure. Annie deserves to come home.
🕯️ Share her story. Say her name. Let silence end with you.
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