Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women

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Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women:
Why is the Government Not Taking Action? For generations, First Nations people have been put through many physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally damaging trials that have left, as said by Kappo, “life and death consequences of violence, self-violence, community violence, societal violence, and systemic violence” throughout Canada (paragraph 5). Many people have had to suffer due to the actions of the government toward the First Nations people. The government used culturally and emotionally damaging legislations and actions, such as “the Indian Act, the Indian Residential Schools, child welfare, theft of land, theft of children, theft of identity, theft of existence, and genocide” (Kappo,

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