Indigenous Studies & Resources

Journalist Jessica McDiarmid investigates the impact of Indigenous women going missing or being murdered in northwestern British Columbia.

Focuses on documentary-maker Christina Welsh's treatment of the issue and the representational strategies that humanize the women beyond the normal pathologization of them.

This work explores violence against Natives and the dangers to Lumbee women in particular.

In her brilliant debut, Sterritt shares her memoir alongside investigative reporting into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism led to a society where Sterritt struggled to survive as a young person, and where the lives of Indigenous women and girls are ignored and devalued. 'She could have been me,' Sterritt acknowledges today, and her empathy for victims, survivors, and families drives her present-day investigations into the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Katya Adamov Ferguson discusses how encircling the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) monument with an intricate soil spiral and my encounters with women’s stories and educational resources from the National Inquiry have uncovered complexities of the ongoing disappearance and erasure of women.

An overview of the history of MMIWG, the lack of response by the US government, and the decolonial action and advocacy by Native communities.