According to the Native Women’s Association of Canada, Indigenous women and girls are five times more likely to die as a result of violence than their non-indigenous counterpart (NWAC). Furthermore, additional studies by the NWAC revealed the staggering statistic that approximately 50% of homicide cases involving Indigenous women remain unsolved (NWAC). These long-standing realities for Indigenous women are deeply rooted in the intergenerational affects that Canada’s past impediments on the Human Rights of Indigenous people has caused. Undoubtedly, the effects of Canada’s historical attitude has proven to be disastrous to the well-being of indigenous women. Historical uprooting and continued societal imbalance have created a hostile environment where Indigenous women have become targets of violence and death due to their identity; comparable to the African American population in the United States.
