MMIWG: The spirit of grassroots justice lives at the heart of the struggle – The Conversation

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Inquiry’s final report has concluded that the long-term and ongoing murders and disappearances of Indigenous women in Canada is an ongoing genocide.

Violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada and elsewhere is central to colonialism. It’s a powerful tool in the dispossession of body, mind and spirit of the knowledge-holders, the carriers of the waters, the protectors of the land, the creators and givers of life.

The title of the final report itself — “Reclaiming Power and Place” — was drawn from the testimony of a family member who explained:

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