Decolonizing My Brown Body

Terese Mailhot
2/27/16

My auntie says there’s a direct connection between violence against the earth and violence against Indigenous women. I think of my own brown body when she says this, and how it was damaged in childhood and adolescence....

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Remembered Across Canada, U.S.

ICTMN Staff
2/14/15
It is Valentine’s Day, but for many across Turtle Island, it is a day not of romance but to commemorate loss and celebrate lives that are no more...

Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada Is Needed: IACHR

ICTMN Staff
1/13/15
In an eagerly-awaited report on missing and murdered indigenous women in British Columbia, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)—a branch of the Organization of Ame...

Taking Control: Indigenous in Canada Compile Own Database on Missing and Murdered Women

Martha Troian
9/25/13
There was a time when Colleen Cardinal could not talk about her family without choking on her grief...

Notes From a Single Mom: Domestic Violence Hits Home for Nearly 40 Percent of Native Women

Lynn Armitage
9/30/12
Your home is supposed to be a safe place, a refuge from the stresses and storms of life...

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Undermined According to Amnesty International

ICTMN Staff
8/14/11
Indigenous Peoples continue to live in hardship and danger according to this video interview with an Amnesty International Director...