Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

"Briefing Paper for Thematic Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 144th Period of Sessions, March 28, 2012."

"Follow-up to Thematic Hearing Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 144th Period of Sessions, March 28, 2012."

Special Adviser on Aboriginal Women's Issues for Aboriginal Issues Committee of Cabinet, Manitoba, discusses the growth in public awareness of this issue. Duration: 14:27.

Describes efforts to shift public thinking from blaming victims and their circumstances rather than the perpetrators of crime, the perception that only "sex trade workers" are being targeted, and the various gatherings that take place to memorialize these women. Duration: 18:25.

Speaker talks about how some of the data has been misinterpreted or ignored by the RCMP, federal government, and media. Implication has been that most women were murdered by their spouse, family member, or intimate partners on-reserve and disregarded the role of acquaintances. Duration: 45:34.

Lawyer from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Assoc. and lawyer who represented Aboriginal interests critique the Commission in terms of the structure, lack of consultation and operation, and give reasons why groups most directly affected eventually withdrew from the process. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:21:17.

Criminal Justice Thesis (MCJ)-University of Colorado, 2020.

Purpose of report is to provide overview of currently available data connected to the District of Oregon and the U.S. Attorney’s Office's Missing and Murdered Action Plan for 2021. Data sources include September 2020 Oregon State Police Report on Missing and Murdered Native American Women (OSP Report), National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems (NamUs) database, National Crime Information Center database (NCIC), and USAO.

"This essay will explore the historic roots that have influenced the growing violence against MMIW, the contemporary social movements that have take place, and today's political influences on the issue". Chapter One article from Empowering Emerging Voices in Undergraduate Research. Conference Proceedings edited by Jessica Riddell, Tabitha Hartropp, Rosemin Nathoo, Antoine Airoldi, Delphine Belhumeur ... [et al.] Entire book on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.

Investigation into the Canadian government's role in enforcing colonial gender ideology and its impact on Indigenous women.

Brief document gives some statistics.

A short film depicting the effects of colonization on Indigenous women in Canada. Duration: 5:48.

Looks at how the intersection of marginalized identities led the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Women and Girls to conclude that the this femicide was part of the larger act of genocide.

Reports on the results of interviews with Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) and community workers about the police force's response to the crisis. Includes discussion of the current situation and challenges to collaboration, and recommendations for developing a better a relationship. Summary Report.

A qualitative analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Discussed are the state inquiry, the human rights report, and the official history.

Discusses the collaboration between Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) and the Department of Justice Canada's Research and Statistics Division (RSD) on a special analysis of Homicide Survey data with the goal to further examine specific aspects of "casual acquaintance" murders. Scroll to p. 23.

Traces significant dates from 2002 to June 2020.

A discussion about digital technologies and its impact on Indigenous women in regards to violence and privacy and its connection to promoting colonial ideology.

Looks at how technology can facilitate multiple forms of violence against women, including stalking, human trafficking, and abuse of child images.

Focuses on New Mexico.

A report that discusses the mainstream media's coverage and the response by the law enforcement agencies to murdered and missing Indigenous females in American cities.

Data gathered from law enforcement records, state and national databases, media coverage, social media, and community family member accounts. Includes data broken down by state / region.

Explores the Commission's Calls to Justice in terms of the urban context of the Friendship centre movement and their clients' day-to-day needs.

Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.

Main focus is The REDress Project and its subsequent use in other works.

Discusses how complacency towards Indigenous women by Canadian society has disadvantaged them and caused vulnerability.

Discusses how Aboriginal women experience race-, class-, and gender-based violence due to the effects of colonization, and how activism such as the Native Women's Association of Canad's Sisters in Spirit initiative, Christi Belcourt's Walking With Our Sisters art installation piece, and the #MMIW, #AmINext, and #ImNotNext campaigns serve to raise awareness of the issue and counteract portrayals found in the mainstream press.

Discusses the importance of grassroots movements and social media to educate the general public about the impact of colonization and patriarchy in regards to violence against Indigenous women.

A discussion of the how the political rhetoric and lack of action from government officials has served to diminish the importance of the crisis. The author focuses on the Harper and Trudeau governments.

Recommendations: to provide enough counselling and services for trauma recovery; community response teams to deal with victims, families and perpetrators; community led protection for families; specialized resource packages for families and service providers.

Database includes links to photographs and stories of 230 women. Can be searched by name, and filtered by year and province.

Host speaks with one of the founders of Walk 4 Justice, author of Just Another Indian, RCMP officer in charge of Project E-Pana, which is investigating disappearances and murders along the "Highway of Tears", and the founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women. Duration: 27:30

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2013.

Argues that historical stereotypes about women, Aboriginality and sex trade workers continue to place the war on women into the margins of society.

Focuses on the story of Rinelle Harper, a Winnipeg teenager who was attacked and left for dead, and other families affected by the issue. Duration: 13:27.

Reports results of a historical review of case files from 1956 to 2014.

Topics include administrative data, media coverage, and results from listening and truth gathering interviews.

Reports on results of community engagement sessions held to determine the scope of the problem, identify barriers, and create partnerships to increase reporting investigation. These sessions were to include tribal and local law enforcement, federally recognized tribes, and urban Indian organizations. Efficacy of report was challenged in the document MMIWG: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State.

Includes introduction, summary, close reading questions, and classroom activities. Picture book by Melanie Florence and illustrated by François Thisdale tells the story of a young girl growing up without her mother and was inspired the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Explores the historical context of the current situation and the ways that public health interventions can improve outcomes by promoting active participation in culture, which is a preventative measure against violence and victimization. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 47.

Comments on alternatives to choosing to go missing including counseling and crisis intervention.

Guide provides step-by-step instructions for both short- and long-term actions, and information on dealing with police agencies and the media.

Family members, entertainers and organizer of the Walk 4 Justice discuss the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Duration: 54:35.

Relates to the conduct of police investigations from 1997 to 2002. Includes Pickton case.

Contains links to consultation, policy discussion, and background research reports, and general documents relating to the Commission.