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The National Inquiry on Murders and Disappearances of Indigenous Women and Girls: What Is It? How Should It Work?

Alternate Title
2016 Paz and Knute Buttedahl Memorial Lecture
Tensions in the Design of a National Inquiry on Murders and Disappearances of Indigenous Women and Girls
[Special Lectures, 2015-2016]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Presentation by the Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Feminist Alliance on International Action regarding what an inquiry would look like and the issue of tensions in the design of a national inquiry. Duration: 1:15:52.
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The National Inquiry's Consolidated Literature Review: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls

Alternate Title
Consolidated Literature Review: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research Team
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women]
Includes initial list of 40 documents provided by Federal government as well as an additional 44 collected and summarized by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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National Survey Estimates of Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
André B. Rosay
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 91-102
A review of three surveys that provide information about the prevalence and incidence violence: the National Crime Victimization Survey, the National Violence Against Women Survey, and the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.
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Native Activist's Grandson Charged in Her Killing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Bradshaw
The Globe and Mail, January 1, 2008, p. A4
Investigation following the death of Mi'kmaq activist Nora Bernard, who filed the first class action lawsuit against the residential school system.
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Native American Children Reported Missing to NCMEC

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Missing Child and Data Analytics Team
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
"Intaked between 1/1/2009 and 12/31/2018. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children databased queried on 6/20/2019."
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The Native American Entrepreneur and the Mohawk Civil War

Alternate Title
America Haus Munich, April 11-13, 2005, 26th American Indian Workshop
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandra Busatta
Discusses how the concept of sovereignty, with its accompanying refusal to recognize the international border between Canada and the United States, has led to the illegal activities of groups, such as the Warrior Society, on the St. Regis reservation and the Kahnawake and Kanesatake reserves.
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Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction

Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017. Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
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Native American Women: Our Voice, the Air

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 1981, pp. 1-4
Discusses the ways in which Native American women influence their communities and the larger Euro-American society.
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Native Lives Matter

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lakota People's Law Project
Looks at actions of police departments, incarceration rates, victimization, lack of prosecution for offences committed by non-Native Americans, and inadequate funding for tribes. Focus is on South Dakota.
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The Native Offender and the Law

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Douglas A. Schmeiser

Statistics on characteristics of prison population, type of offences committed, use of alcohol, sentencing and recidivism rates.

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Native Women and Crime: A Theoretical Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol LaPrairie
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 121-137
Explores the relationship between the victimization of women and possible future criminality.
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Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luana Ross
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 54-62
Authors speaks about experiences with family members and drug abuse and looks at banishment as a form of punishment in the Lummi Nation tribal community.
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Ndaawin Project

Alternate Title
Building the Evidence. Evaluation Summaries ; 2007-ES-13
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Crime Prevention Centre
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A Needs Assessment of Federal Aboriginal Women Offenders

Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-156
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amey Bell
Shelley Trevethan
Nicole Allegri
Examines programs, reintegration into community needs, family and child responsibilities and suppport for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
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A Needs Profile of Serious and/or Violent Aboriginal Youth in Prison

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Raymond R. Corrado
Irwin M. Cohen
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 20-24
Argues these offenders are characterized by multiple problems including various types of abuse and identity problems. As such, they pose specific challenges for the corrections process. Information was gathered by study conducted in Vancouver.
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The Neighbourhood Context of Urban Aboriginal Crime

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin T. Fitzgerald
Peter J.
Carrington
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, vol. 50, no. 5, October 2008, pp. 523-557
Looks at the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the Canadian criminal justice system, and suggests that potential sources of the problem include social, economic and demographic features of Aboriginal communities.
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Never Until Now: Indigenous & Racialized Women's Experiences Working in Yukon & Northern British Columbia Mine Camps

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sue Moodie
Aja Mason
Lois Moorcroft

Research consisted of survey and semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions with 22 respondents. Study found: limited job opportunityand longevity of employment, inadequate pay scale for hours worked, uequal work expectations, limited opportunities for advancement, inadequate harm prevention, gender or race harassement/discrimination with absence of grievance mechanisms, poor environmental practices, and limited economic benefits to Indigenous people.

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The New Brunswick Aboriginal Duty Counsel Project

Alternate Title
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; rr2000-12e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ab Currie
Report concludes that project was successful during the first year of operation and proved an effective way to meet the needs of the clients.
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New Federal Policies Affecting Women's Equality: Reality Check (2006)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marika Morris
Cites the impact of Harper Government decisions to not proceed on pay equity, not improve EI provisions and the possible ramifications of the "three strikes and you're out" law that could jail certain offenders indefinitely. The article argues that those particularly affected would include Aboriginal women with addictions or histories of abuse who have acted out in violence and have inadequate access to healing.
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A New Menace on the Rez

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Murr
Newsweek, vol. 144, no. 13, September 27, 2004, p. 30
Discusses the impact of the drug crystal meth on Native Americans.
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New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force Report: Report to the Governor and Legislature on the Task Force Findings and Recommendations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force
Divided into four sections: overview of legislation which underpins the work of the task force; background and contextual considerations in New Mexico; summary of findings of research including data provided by jurisdictions and case studies of information provided by families; and core findings and policy recommendations.
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The Next Generation: Criminology , Genocide Studies and Settler Colonialism

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Revista Crítica Penal y Poder, no. 5, Redefining the Criminal Matter: State Crime, Mass Atrocities and Social Harm, September 2013, pp. 163-185
Discusses the criminology of genocide using the example of residential schools in Canada and Fort Alexander Indian Residential School in Manitoba.
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NGO Report on Canada's Nineteenth and Twentieth Periodic Report to CERD

Alternate Title
NGO Report on Canada's Nineteenth and Twentieth Periodic Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Focus on murdered and missing Aboriginal women and children, protection of lands and resources, duty to consult and accommodate, and the impacts of incarceration.
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Night Sky, Morning Star. Evelina Zuni Lucero.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Annette Van Dyke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. 103-105
Book review of: Night Sky, Morning Star by Evelina Zuni Lucero. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

Alternate Title
[CBC Docs POV]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
A documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooing of Cree man Colton Boushie.
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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder. Related Material: for Grades 7-12.
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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Shorter Version]

Alternate Title
A young Cree man's death raised disturbing questions of racism in our legal system
CBC Docs POV
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
A shorter version of the documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooting of Cree man Colton Boushie. Duration: 44:03 Related Material: Full Version
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