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“I could have been that missing woman — I would have been just another missing woman in a camp, or just another young Indigenous girl beat up by her boyfriend.” Instead, she decided to fight back. 

To understand Tina’s world is to understand that colonization is warfare.  And Tina is a casualty.

The federally funded commission — plagued by many staffing changes throughout its tenure — says Debbie Reid has left the commission as executive director but it will not comment further, calling it a personnel matter.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood quietly with his head down Wednesday as families expressed extreme anger toward him about the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett wouldn't say Tuesday whether a new commissioner will be chosen, noting she met with the group on Monday and remains confident.

Connie Deiter said that’s why she has filed a complaint with the human rights commission alleging that the decision discriminates against her and other Indigenous women.

Families of missing and murdered indigenous women told a national inquiry on its final day of hearings in Whitehorse that they have little faith in the process and their trust must be earned.

Families of missing and murdered women are raising their voices in defence of the national public inquiry as it faces a stream of criticism from advocates and indigenous leaders.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested on Saturday, May 21, 2017, that it should be no surprise that the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women has run into some snags.

The chief commissioner of the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women says there is still hope in the work the commission is doing, despite criticism about delays.

The news comes nearly six months after the inquiry's initial launch, and as many families hoping to participate continue to express frustration over what they say is a lack of progress.

As a non-Inuk representing the 85 per cent of the population of Nunavut who are Inuit in the Senate of Canada, I am very wary of using the term 'racism' to criticize any actions or belief.

Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, and Amnesty International are among the organizations keeping tabs on Canada's inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

She is the daughter of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, an American indigenous rights activist whose body was found near the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota in 1976.

Family members wiped away tears Wednesday as the federal government outlined the terms of an inquiry into the phenomenon of missing and murdered aboriginal women.