Indigenous Women in Canada Today

Abstract

On July 25, 2022, in Canada, the Pope issued an apology for the abuse suffered in the past by children of　Indigenous peoples in the country's church-run residential schools. Indigenous peoples and communities suffer from　trauma and cannot recover from the continuing intergenerational violence. In particular, Indigenous women experience　different forms of violence: they are three times more at risk of violence than other non-Indigenous women. Since the　2010s, Canadian society has begun to consider the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women as a social　phenomenon. In 2019, the national committee of inquiry set up by the Canadian government issued the final report,　which was described as “genocide” of various forms of violence against Indigenous peoples including women and　2SLGBTQQIA people. Thus, in my article, I will first show the oppressive situations of Indigenous women from the　point of view of both social relations between the sexes and colonialism; then, I will highlight a commitment led by　Indigenous women to heal their traumas and change the world.