Indigenous women in Canada are five times more likely to be victims of violence than non-Indigenous women, and in the past 30 years more than 800 Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered. In this video, the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC) examines the reasons why Indigenous women are continually victimized in North America.
A Wolf Dog Production. Director/Producer: Audrey Huntley. Camera/Editor: Mike Barber.
Further Reading/Resources
- Justice for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
- Ceremony as an Act of Sovereignty: Audrey Huntley
- 10 Unheeded Calls for a Canadian Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
- Native women more likely to be murdered: UN
- Media Portrayals of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
- The missing women you don’t hear about: How the media fails Indigenous communities
- Legacy of Residential Schools: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
- Why the Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Crisis is Greater Than You Realize
- Families Compile Own Database of Missing and Murdered Women
- Missing women’s families still looking for answers at 23rd annual memorial march