UN committee slams Harper government’s ‘failure’ to address MMIW
APTN National News The United Nations Human Rights Committee slammed the federal government Thursday for…
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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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MMIW supporters help in the search of missing Caucasian woman in Winnipeg
APTN National News A small group of Indigenous activists are lending a hand in the…
Six Nations holds concert to raise money for MMIW awareness campaign
APTN National News Six Nations held a benefit concert in an effort to raise money…
Exiting grand chief in Alberta vows to keep fighting for MMIW
Brandi Morin APTN National News Confederacy of Treaty 6 Grand Chief Bernice Martial says she…
Music duo raise cash to shoot cross-Canada video for murdered and missing Indigenous women song
(JB the First Lady and Chief Rock collaborated on the song Sisterz) Brandi Morin APTN…
RCMP VIP unit worried demonstrators could embarrass federal ministers during MMIW roundtable: docs
Documents cast doubt on claim by Status of Women Minister Kellie Leitch RCMP reason she couldn’t attend joint press conference
Alberta becomes second province to apologize to residential school survivors, then calls for action on MMIW
(Editors Note: APTN National News originally reported that Alberta was the first province to apologize…
Group blocks motorists who refuse MMIW flyer at Ontario/Manitoba border
APTN National News A group of Aboriginal people were blocking motorists along the Trans-Canada Highway…
AFN’s Bellegarde wants meeting with top Mountie over unreleased Indigenous women data
APTN National News OTTAWA—Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is requesting a meeting…