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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women [a] are instances of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, [1] [2] notably those in the First Nations in Canada and Native American communities, [3] [4] [5] but also amongst other Indigenous peoples such as in Australia and New Zealand, [2] and the grassroots movement to raise awareness of MMIW through organizing marches ...
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was a Canadian public inquiry from 2016 to 2019 that studied the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis. [ 1 ] The study included reviews of law enforcement documents as well as community hearings and testimonies.
The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry and its consequences eventually gave way to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, sponsored by the Canadian federal government. This program began in 2016 with the goal of developing a more inclusive methodology as well as expanding the inquiry nationally.
From 2016 to 2019, the Canadian government conducted the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The final report of the inquiry concluded that the high level of violence directed at First Nations, Inuit, and Metis women and girls is "caused by state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies."
Sisters in Spirit vigils are held annually every October 4th in the memory of Canada’s murdered and missing Indigenous women. [17] Sisters In Spirit Vigils raise public awareness about missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. Vigils ensure that everyone, regardless of their cultural background, is aware of this crisis of ...
Tina Michelle Fontaine (1 January 1999 – c. 10 August 2014) [1] was a First Nations teenage girl who was reported missing and died in August 2014. [2] Her case is considered among the high number of missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada, and her death renewed calls by activists for the government to conduct a national inquiry into the issue.
The RCMP found that between 1980 and 2015, 1,049 indigenous women had been murdered, 175 had disappeared, and more than 100 were still missing. [2] It documented that Aboriginal women were "over-represented" among Canada's missing and murdered women.
On April 4, 2018, Young's maternal grandparents, Carla Moss and Chief Moses Martin (Tribal Chief of the 800-member Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation [128]) were sworn speakers in Vancouver at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Inquiry (public volume 82) by the Government of Canada under Prime Minister ...