The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, September 4, 2016

ICTMN Staff
9/4/16
The spotlight continued shining on the water protectors at Standing Rock, nearly a dozen corrupt officials got their comeuppance, a memorial crosswalk and, fashion...

Canada’s National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Begins

Mary Annette Pember
9/1/16
As the Canadian government officially begins its long-awaited national inquiry on September 1 into the country’s high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW), the res...

Canada’s Long-Awaited National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Women Draws Praise, Concern

ICTMN Staff
8/4/16
Indigenous leaders across Canada welcomed the August 3 announcement naming the five panelists who will conduct the long-awaited national inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous ...

McLean: No Trial, No Justice For My Cousin, Jenna Lynne

Tessa McLean
7/1/16
On September 23, 2014, Jenna Lynne Marsden, my cousin, died in a Winnipeg hospital after being brutally beaten two days earlier by her common law husband, Erwin Spence...

Top Canada Journalism Prize Goes to Indigenous Reporter for Missing and Murdered Women Coverage

David Wiwchar
6/22/16
One of Canada’s most prestigious journalism honors has been awarded to an Anishnaabe reporter covering the story of missing and murdered indigenous women...

Historical Trauma and Me, the Daughter of a Mother Murdered by a Serial Killer

Noel Altaha
6/9/16
When I was thirteen years old, my mother was murdered. This kind of introduction can come across like it’s ripped from the headlines or like it’s the title of a Hollywood script...

Take a look at Native Fashion Designer Bethany Yellowtail’s creations at this weekend’s Oscars!

ICTMN Staff
3/1/16
Native American fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail (Northern Cheyenne and Crow) had two of her magnificent creations worn this past weekend by Chastity Davis ( Sliammon First Nati...

Ontario Pledges $100 Million to Address Violence Against Indigenous Women

ICTMN Staff
2/24/16
Moving along ahead of the planned national inquiry on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a $100 million, three-year strat...

Missing and Murdered Women Scope Surpasses the 1,200 Estimated Victims: Government

ICTMN Staff
2/16/16
As preliminary meetings paving the way for a national inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women wrapped up in Canada, officials admitted that the problem surpasses the 1,2...

Heartbreaking Ritual: Annual MMIW Valentine’s Day Marches in Vancouver, Across Canada

ICTMN Staff
2/12/16
The impending, promised national inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada notwithstanding, the time of year has come to memorialize the nearly 1,200 whose cases a...

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