Former MMIWG inquiry staffer: ‘Stop the process right now’
MMIWG inquiry has “a lot of dysfunction, a lot of disorganization, a lack of leadership.”
MMIWG Inquiry Anniversary
On June 3, 2019, Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
The report goes into detail on the struggle families have with authorities over loved ones that have either been murdered or gone missing – and labels what Indigenous women have experienced since colonization as genocide.
The commissioners released 231 Calls for Justice from provincial, territorial and federal authorities.
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MMIWG inquiry has “a lot of dysfunction, a lot of disorganization, a lack of leadership.”
At first, Innu mother, grandmother and residential school survivor Lise Jourdain hesitated before sharing her story with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Women and Girls.
Chief Commissioner Marion Buller said the report is almost completed, well in advance of the Nov. 1 deadline.
The art piece is called “Disposable Red Woman”.
The daughter of Anna Mae Aquash, who was murdered in South Dakota in the 1970’s is welcoming the chance to finally tell her mother’s story before the national inquiry.
The executive director of a shelter in Calgary says the only thing that will save the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is a reset starting with the resignation of the remaining commissioners.
A coalition of Indigenous families wrote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday demanding there be a “hard reset” of the MMIWG national inquiry.