Nancy Dumas
Case reference: 2014001798
Missing since: February 28, 1987
Missing from: Lynn Lake, MB
Date of Birth: December 2, 1911
Age at disappearance: 75 years
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indigenous
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Black
Height: 163 cm / 5ft 4in
Weight: 56 kgs / 123 lbs
Nancy was last seen wearing: White runners, beige coat, dark blue pants, light blue jacket & pink gloves
Notable: Nancy has a ‘hunchback’
Case Details: On March 3rd, 1987 Nancy Dumas was reported missing. She was last seen by her daughter. Nancy said that she was going to find her friends and left her daughters residence. Police and community searches for her met with negative results. Nancy has not been located and her whereabouts are unknown. Foul play is suspected, but no person of interest has been named and no charges have been laid.
Chief Andrew Colomb insists people who know about the case, and what have happened to Nancy Dumas, but have yet to come forward, live there, too.
About Nancy: Nancy Dumas was known for the advice and stories with members of the Marcel Colomb First Nation in Manitoba. It wasn’t just her insight that made Nancy a prominent member of her community’s historic tapestry. She helped others stay strong when their people were fighting for a home. In the 80’s, the community began asking for their own First Nation within Lynn Lake, Manitoba, but they wanted to build it upon land outside the town. At first, the Marcel Colomb First Nation was one with the Mathias Colomb First Nation, but it subsequently split and lobbied the federal government to recognize the two as separate. Nancy Dumas was one of the trailblazers were determined to give their children a future home. Nancy Dumas was one of the elders of her tribe that fought for the rights to the tribal land that they occupied while living in a tent community – known as Tent Village because all members lived in tents. In 1999, 12 years after Nancy vanished, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development recognized the Marcel Colomb First Nation as the 62nd First Nation in the province on behalf of the federal government. Chief Andrew Colomb has said that he believes Nancy Dumas was ‘one of the bravest women to stand up’.
To date, Nancy Dumas remains missing.
If you have information on Nancy’s case, please contact any of the following:
Lynn Lake RCMP: (204) 983-5461
Reference Case#: 20141553897
Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477)
Online at: https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/submit-a-tip/submit-a-tip
Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping
Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Sources:
Canada’s Missing
Justice for Native People
CBC – Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls
Doe Network
Someone Saw Something 
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