Friend, cousin reflect on life, death and legacy of Helen Betty Osborne, 50 years after her murder
On Nov. 12, 1971, Cree teenager Helen Betty Osborne was the victim of a now notorious hate crime that ultimately exposed what Indigenous communities had known all along — racism in Manitoba was alive, thriving and deadly.Fifty years after her murder in northern Manitoba, Helen Betty Osborne is remembered by her friend Rita McIvor. ‘I miss her.…