Why Are Indigenous Women Disappearing Across Canada?

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

It's not just Canada. The same thing is happening in America to Native women.

[@tbird-z1r]

They keep murdering each other?

[@mattmccallum2007]

@@tbird-z1ryes. It’s native men killing native women.

[@micca903]

Stop hitchhiking, you can’t do that in today’s world. I really don’t understand why they get that old dinosaur on talking about a crisis in indigenous women disappearing, Steinem is a big part of the problem with her ivory tower feminism. Stop telling women that it’s okay to get into some random psycho’s car. Everyone understands that these guys shouldn’t be f-ing murdering and raping women, INCLUDING these maniacs. The hypocrisy is that people like Steinem are perfectly happy to sacrifice these girls if it gets them another photo-op. I don’t see Gloria Steinem hitchhiking around the country so stop telling people this crap.

[@micca903]

Stop telling women it’s okay to go hitchhiking. I don’t understand why they got that old dinosaur talking about a crisis when she’s a big part of the problem. Gloria Steinem with her ivory tower feminism doesn’t go hitchhiking around the country so stop telling people this crap. Everyone understands that these psychos shouldn’t be raping and murdering but the reality is that these people have a screw loose somewhere.

[@EepyBnnuy]

@@tbird-z1r they and each other… way to minimize the problem by otherizing a group of North Americans. They’re also people and American/Canadians.

[@aidantong9572]

Canadian here, not Native. Thank You for this documentary. These are the stories that make us better, stronger, kinder. Painful to see every time but one can only hope that people from all over the world sees this.

[@pdhproductions9606]

Not Canadian, as Canada is a country of immigrants so you have to be First Nations to be Canadian

[@Cedawood]

I've been watching these documentaries about first nations of Canadas women for quite a few year's. That highway of tears is so sad, as is the whole situation. I can see some people victim blame in these comments & it is so cruel. Best wishes to all ❤

[@exclusivefresh]

We're canadian. We're made up of first nations and other groups. Don't act like a smart ass. @@pdhproductions9606

[@chrissinclair4442]

'They' did anything about Epstein or Nygard, 'They' really going to sanction protecting these women and girls or prosecute anyone?

[@iceman18211]

Hell yeah, that's why I live in Canada. We can make a dope community for all.

[@Ohnothetableits]

About a few years ago one of my old neighbors started dating a Native woman. They met on Tinder, and were just dating for about a couple months before she went missing. He would show her off announcing their relationship… Bragging she’s beautiful, and perfect, “he loved her”. Next thing you know the cops showed up to his house, arrested him, and charged him with her disappearance. Later on they found her body in a nearby woods. He was then charged with her murder. It was absolutely horrible. He got life, no chance of parole. A year down the road they found him dead in his cell. Well our family has since moved after the murder. That neighborhood wasn’t the same after that happened.

[@LoneWulf278]

😢

[@magicovento]

This is horrible...

[@LordOfSweden]

Today on things that never happend

[@miminny1611]

Bros going down the comments triggered as hell 😂 get outta your basement!!!! ​@@LordOfSweden

[@LordOfSweden]

@@miminny1611 Yet here you are writing a triggered comment, your self-awareness isn't too great is it?

[@Ag_1706]

This hits home for me, even though I'm not a First Nation in Canada myself, I'm a Siberian Indigenous and we look a lot alike. Also in Russia we have always been seen as less of a people because we are not blond, blue-eyed Slavs. Even now, during the war, they mobilize us more than in the European part of Russia. they actively try to destroy us. We are an inconvenience to them. I grew up with beatings and I saw other women around me being abused. My aunt was murdered by her partner in the belief that she was his property. I wish there was a lobby for indigenous people all over the world. But it's not getting better. Especially in Russia.

[@addictedtochocolateandcoff9582]

was ur aunts partner slav or indigenous

[@JulieSevelson-nb9nj]

Thank you for bringing this fact to light !! It's long overdue to have things going on in Eurasia,from Siberia to the Urals and The Black and Azov Sea to be discussed. We hear in America that kids from Ukraine are being trafficked ,that were abducted while this war is going on.

[@DOMINIK99013]

You don't look alike, they come mostly from Siberia, or even from the area of ​​today's China, Vietnam, the islands around Japan, there is nothing like Indigenous of Americas, because people started coming to the Northern part 15-20 thousand years ago and to the South 30-40 thousand ago at max, from more than two million years of human existence. The Americas, 200 million years old, has been uninhabited by humans for 99.9999% of its existence. That they are indigenous contradicts the fact that several ethnic groups like Yupik and Inuit, if not more, exist in both places and cannot be native to two continents at once.

[@JulieSevelson-nb9nj]

Are you from the Shor tribe ? The Inuit definitely look like Siberians, not the tall, large - nosed Cree, so it depends on which tribe and what part of Canada they are from.

[@DOMINIK99013]

The fact that Russia mobilizes minorities more is a lie in the First World War almost no one from Asia served in the army during the Second World War Russians had 66.4% of all losses with 58.4% of the pre-war population, Tatars 2.17% with almost 3% of the population, Kazakhs 1.45 against 1.8, Uzbeks 1.36 against 2.8, in reality the disparity was even greater, because we compare the numbers of the entire population, which has a different birth rate and life expectancy, which for non-Russians had an even larger % in the draft age against the Russians.. In the current war, out of the documented 20 thousand dead between spring 2022 and 2023, complete Slavic names make up 81.2% compared to 80.5% of Slavic men aged 8-32 in the 2010 census, i.e. 20-44 years in 2022 .Caucasian ethnicity 5.8% loss vs. 6.5 population, Tatars/Baskhirs 5.2 vs. 4.8, Buryats 1.6 vs. 0.4, Tuvans 1 vs. 0.2, remaining ethnicities from among RF citizens, which I think are mostly Siberian, 5, 2 against 7.6. So these data show that the two big Siberian ethnicities have a higher death rate than the Russians, but most of them don't. Buryats have by far the highest unemployment and crime rates, so it was logical for them to join the army before the war or from prisons, the Tuvans also have very high unemployment and on top of that the Russian/Tuvan Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has a cult there that has names and images after him everywhere in Tuva, another thing that the document mentions is that the number of dead Tuvans and Buryats was twice as large in the spring and summer as in the fall of 22 spring of 23, i.e. at the time when the mobilization was going on and also according to the data, the mobilized outnumbered the professional soldiers in the number of dead. Another thing is that in many cases the date of death will be earlier than it was officially written, because as in all wars it is often not known if the missing person is dead/captured or a deserter, how soon it is discovered that he is not among the prisoners, when both the parties exchange data, only then is it written that he is dead, which means that in the second half of the year, the data on the dead actually includes the dead from the first half, and the difference between the dead is greater.

[@yankeedoodle2801]

I drove passed a reserve not long ago and was pretty shocked by how isolated, modest and basic the infrastructure was. It honestly felt surreal.

[@TheCaptaininsaino]

Depends on the reserve. The one nearest me is really nice. Good schools, sporting facilities, fun boutiques and it's all very clean. My husband and I love to go there for this one restaurant in particular. There's always a line to get in, but it's worth the wait.

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

@@TheCaptaininsaino Which reserve is this? Seems like the majority of native reserves are crapholes to live in which is why so many natives leave their communities and for native women this often leads to them getting into trouble/being taken advantage of.

[@TheCaptaininsaino]

@@UzumakiNaruto_ Oshwekan, near Brantford in Ontario. It's really nice.

[@LHLK-q2v]

@@UzumakiNaruto_ that is not true new homes, hospitals, recreational centers, hockey teams, I don't know any reserves that don't have power etc.

[@rza8225]

What does this have to do with our women being murdered, missing, trafficked, SA-ed etc? Now you need to comment on Rez Natives' homes that they were forced into by the US government?

[@Wowowwubzzy]

As a Native American this is a very real and scary situation. In Az some rehab places were caught not helping natives in fact they were drugging them and leaving them anywhere and everywhere. Some people went to the rehab centers and were never seen again. Native Americans go thru so much. Just to fill the plan from long ago.”kill the savage, save the man”

[@Airbender-kl7cu]

Yep that's what They do in Bakersfield, CA

[@KathyJensen-vh2yk]

Yes in Tucson it happened. Arizona is main destination and transit point for child sex and hard labor, Tucson Arizona is 6584 N Oracle Rd. Research -Myths and Facts about women and children sex trafficking . Traffickers promise you a better life then traffick you. Stokes & Jolly Ltd professor Richard Kellogg Jolly teaches businesses CEO'S politicians government Democrat's how to human traffick. ( Ring leader) . He don't like Native Americans.

[@jacqueslee2592]

Government-sponsored genocide. This is why. White supremacist serial killers are targeting them. Shame on Canada and US for hiding this silent genocide that has been ongoing for centuries. The indigenous of the Americas are still undergoing a silent genocide and are living in prisons known as reservations.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

I should just point out rehab facilities do regularly use drugs to help with the physical effects of drug or alcohol withdrawal (which can kill people without medicated withdrawal)

[@KathyJensen-vh2yk]

@@Ukraineaissance2014 Tucson Az busted two hotels that were human trafficking native Americans.

[@dubplatenate]

I am from Nak'zdli, a community on the same lake. This message needs to be heard worldwide, please share this where ever possible. Canada has a dark history and our people are the ones who have to pay the price. Our lands stolen and we are persecuted for being the protector and rightful owners.

[@Th3Watch3r]

I can not speak on Canada, as i have not researched that. As far as in the United States though.... The Reservations aren't allowing American Police departments to investigate or even step foot on the reservation crime scenes or anything. Then the Indian police are way understaffed and just not good at Policing. How is that anyone's fault BUT the Tribes???? I'll wait.

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

🤡

[@oglostingaming]

I blame domestic violence

[@ppajidjasfkdf]

ive spent a lot of time in the canadian north. from what ive seen on the ground, its the communities that arent looking after their own. non-native people dont really live on the res....usually only natives do. not to mention the alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and rampant domestic violence on the res - and again dont forget the res is all native...or 90%+ native at least.

[@Th3Watch3r]

​@@ppajidjasfkdf Absolutely. Monsters and Angels come in all colors. It sure seems like there are more Monsters every day.

[@kw9158]

The worst part is that she asked the women if most of the perpetrators for the physical and sexual assault are from their community (indigenous men), and they said YES! Why aren't these men who are causing violence in their home and communities being held accountable?! They literally sat in a circle at the end where men openly admitted to threatening to murder their wives, or physically hitting their partners and abusing them for years, which is a CRIME!!! And everyone just sat around being like "yup yup.." like it's a totally normal thing to do. WTF?! These men are admitting committing crimes, and are not being held accountable for them at all! Of course the men in the communities are continuing to harm women, because they have no incentive to stop. Men can sit there and admit on camera to abusing women and breaking the law, and nothing happens to them! So why should they stop? This is horrific, and I don't understand how this is accepted or allowed to continue like this?!!

[@billusher2265]

Short answer is because feminists don’t want to accept the actual solution.

[@timeittakestoletgo1687]

They’re talking about the domestic violence. The disappearances and murders are often white perpetrators.

[@jannd8170]

@@timeittakestoletgo1687 the majority of murders are from domestic violence. 86% of murdered indigenous women were killed by indigenous people.

[@si45megamera]

​@@billusher2265It's actually absurd how you're blaming inaction about male violence against women and girls on FEMINISM.

[@si45megamera]

​@@timeittakestoletgo1687Source?

[@FreeJulianAssange23]

As a Canadian First Nations woman, the answer mostly lays on the reserves, if not killed by relative’s, killed trying to escape. The elders tell us to shut our mouths.

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

Sad but true. Witnessed this with the last band I worked with. A councillor was murdered by her ex husband. He dumped her body in a city an hour away and she was found by dog walkers.

[@francesbernard2445]

I wonder if that is because those elders too believe that the second world war never ended at all? Like for example how Mr. Putin spreads stories about how the Nazis (or the Germans) are still trying to Germanize him too. Maybe including Mr. Putin just do not realize how brainwashed they became during the second world war and during the cold war which followed it. Instead of focusing on helping to make peace with all world leaders instead of only with some.

[@richardyellowknee6077]

That's racist, not all reservations are like that, say which res your talking about, since it sounds like you know,

[@PeoshymaenaPaul]

Gila river has a lot, I remember

[@TJM-q7c]

Thank you. You are being called rascist because it does not fit the narrative. Peace sister.

[@aup84]

As an ex-international student in BC, my heart goes with these women, and I hope they get the justice they deserve.

[@janekmundt579]

I saw signs with a huge number on them in the Canadian native reservations. I didn’t get what they meant. The scale that this is happening in is insane. There are some really dangerous people out there due to the governments neglect…

[@josephspruill1212]

Sometimes because governments actions. Why doesn’t the government invest in them? You see that as lack of. Yet, they invest in other. They choose to not invest in res that is a choice. Not lack of choice is all I’m saying.

[@Rosskles]

This isn't new at all. I saw a documentary about this crises a decade ago and that was regarding decades of cases.

[@charlestrujillo9717]

Watch Killers of The Flower Moon

[@josephspruill1212]

@@charlestrujillo9717 so you believe things Hollywood makes?!. You don’t think the government doesn’t control the narrative? I’m not saying there is no truths in it. I’m just saying not all is! Civil wars wasn’t about freeing slaves it was about making more. The south isn’t the Bible Belt cause ppl loved Jesus so much. No the churches was put there after the trail of tears to convert the Indians and Islamic slaves from Northern Africa.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

​​@@charlestrujillo9717 🎯💯🙏🏼 A must-watch!

[@stamourbeaulieu]

As someone living in the north of Quebec, with all my heart I’m with you

[@peace4myheart]

Once again, the most vulnerable people are always the ones suffering the most.

[@blacksunapocalypse]

@@robert.9028 These days? A lot of puppets.

[@katiejon17]

As a native woman, I do not see myself as “vulnerable”. Then again, my parents did not opt for reservation life (a life of subsidies). It is absolutely bigoted to think of us as helpless. We are all, overwhelmingly, a product of our choices.

[@spacebar9733]

@@robert.9028 dumbasses who beat their wives and want to buy a house and go to college for free.

[@gulaschnikov5335]

@@robert.9028 obedient puppets and poor people go to war more often.

[@katiejon17]

@@Diana-yn2ho If you go to the actual title of the video - this entire topic is about INDIGENOUS women, not simply “women”. As a native woman, I don’t need you trying to explain basic comprehension (especially when you are wrong). Let me guess Diana - you are a white woman, at least 50 years of age? The Great White Savior has struck again!

[@katjaeye]

15:26 the fact that this guy never did jail time is insane…

[@kcs4652]

Isn’t the fact that he chuckled when he said he’s never been to jail for his crimes weird?

[@jmc8076]

Happens in Canada daily now.

[@euranaao9362]

He's terrible af. What a scum, waste of breath in Canada.

[@s1b3r11]

It seems like a staged conversation. I didn't believe it for a second

[@HarshDude126]

@@kcs4652 Not really. He's laughing at the absurdity of the system.

[@christians4618]

As a man I’m embarrassed and ashamed. A real man protects and provides support to women. We are partners. Not foes. We need to raise our boys better than this and remind them everyday how much women mean to our existence. And to all the abusive men out there.. how would you like it for another man to lay a hand on your daughter, sister or mother? The world is a better place when we put ourselves in someone else’s shoes.

[@danschneider8996]

No need to be embarrassed and ashamed for something you or your family didn't do. Many of the boys doing this have mental issues courtesy of their moms drinking and smoking while pregnant. Everyone has to pitch in.

[@aaykay4060]

@@danschneider8996and why are their moms drinking and smoking. Often because their parents passed on generational trauma due to time spent in residential schools. This didn’t spring up out of nowhere. This is the result of colonialism and the abhorrent practices of past governments (old white men).

[@danschneider8996]

@@aaykay4060 Again, not something you did. You can use this logic to keep on going back in time until you reach the beginning of the universe.

[@aaykay4060]

@@danschneider8996 whatever you say champ

[@vigilantgopher9563]

​@@aaykay4060wow I love how you just described how generational trauma works and he just brushed you off. These white folks don't want a conversation

[@Digitalgirl.mp3]

Same thing is happening in reservations in the US as well. Especially in states like Arizona, New Mexico, etc. the police doesn’t care because they aren’t white women ( I said this without realizing about jurisdictions and tribal police, however the FBI can still kick in and help as well as non tribal police, also some reservations do not have a police force.). A 27 year old native american woman opened her own non profit based on her forensics degree so she can try to solve the disappearances and murders on her own. The name is Ohkomi Forensics. It’s really sad. I wish the indigenous community well 💕💕

[@bbaileyy7166]

I remember when they were looking for gabby petito and recovered a few murdered Native American women. So sad.

[@joni3503]

White police has no jurisdiction, so it's the Indian reservation police that has to solve these cases

[@fortydeebz]

@@joni3503”white police” is kinda weird lol, your mean just non tribal police

[@kirkslayden834]

In the United States every 7 hours a innocent citizen loses their life to the hands of the police Fact

[@Big_Boy_Biggins]

I need to care I must care for the beautiful people of this earth.

[@BePatient888]

Most of this HAS to be domestic violence related, right? Poverty plus alcoholism epidemic, and you're NOT seriously looking at domestic violence? Every male relative and acquaintance of each victim should be hauled in and have their belongings searched for DNA evidence. I bet you'd solve a significant number of the missing women cases. EDIT:: Canada has to take this more seriously. How could you ignore 1600 missing women in 1 city? That is insane.

[@timeittakestoletgo1687]

No, the domestic violence is a problem (huge problem), but it’s apart from the disappearances and murders we’re seeing on the highway routes etc.

[@thormidthagahast8914]

Look in the outhouse pit. The elders know what's happening.​@@timeittakestoletgo1687

[@juliancohen9561]

The video implies most of these women are being murdered by racist white supremacists in Vancouver

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Partly, but domestic violence murders are generally easily solved, these are people vanishing into cars in a massive land area that's nearly impossible to cover with any sort of CCTV or community policing, where it's impossible to find any body

[@thormidthagahast8914]

The answers are on the reservation

[@Genie519]

It’s a viscous cycle of pain, drugs to numb the pain and then more pain. It’s a crisis that breaks these women’s spirits. They are so brave for sharing their stories.

[@kovy689]

Unfortunately, the indigenous men there think it’s normal to mistreat their women. Can’t change their culture.

[@NormalGuy8888]

No it’s Because aboriginals are just Stone Age people, think about it ever seen a metal arrow head ? Before the Europeans showed up 🤣

[@the_serial_chiller]

This is fucking horrific! I was completely unaware of how prevalent these issues were in Canada. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. If memory serves, I read a story about several doctors sterilising native-Canadian women without their consent, just in the last couple of years too. It’s incredibly fucked up to hear that these things are still occurring in a wealthy, western country. That being said, this shouldn’t be happening anywhere, let alone Canada. I also recall recently seeing a documentary about how the same thing is happening in Mexico. Violence against women is turning into an epidemic worldwide. More likely, it’s always been a profound and deeply-engrained issue, but it sadly hasn’t been receiving the attention that it deserves. We all need to step up and do our part, but the media plays a crucial role in that. They need to be reporting on a wider range of issues, bringing these things to our attention. There’s literal genocide occurring in Sudan, and how often have we actually heard anything about that in the ‘mainstream media’? In my comparatively small country, where murders are an infrequent occurrence, a drug bust will garner far more attention and lead to greater funding than an atrocious murder committed by a partner or ex-partner (for instance, a woman being burnt alive by her ex, in front of their children). If it was a one-off I could at least understand the lack of funding, but the reality is these murders are occurring several times a week, which is extraordinarily frequent for my country. Statistically, there’s more murders arising from domestic violence than there are from drugs or criminal gangs. This speaks to the gravity of the issue, I think. This is the Vice that we all know and love, and dearly miss. My close friends and I have been closely following Vice/Vice News for well over a decade, so I try to remain hopeful and optimistic about it eventually making a recovery and a return to its true roots. Please primarily stick to conflict journalism, investigative journalism, and the more obscure stories that need to be told.

[@timosnieder4637]

I agree, to me I got the impression of an unbiased and genuine report for the most part, approached in a respectful manner. Of course she didn't have the time to cover every single aspect of the issue but it was good to bring general awareness of the problem without turning it into a blame game, I encourage people to read more on this issue before making one-line remarks like "they're just killing eachother" etc. I didn't find this report to be overly woke in any way. I also encourage people to meet and talk to actual first nations and it will help you understand the wider phenomenon.

[@LoneWulf278]

Interesting and alarming information. 😢 I think the lack of coverage stems from the perception that interpersonal violence is not a public or political matter. I don’t think that’s the right mentality to have.

[@writerconsidered]

The US has done everything Canada has done.

[@the_serial_chiller]

@@writerconsidered Well, that’s equally saddening and appalling. It’s not something I have been fully aware of, so I’m glad that documentaries like this bring it to light.

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

*If memory serves, I read a story about several doctors sterilising native-Canadian women without their consent, just in the last couple of years too. It’s incredibly fucked up to hear that these things are still occurring in a wealthy, western country. That being said, this shouldn’t be happening anywhere, let alone Canada.* I seriously doubt this has happened at any kind of scale and is simply just isolated cases. Also it doesn't seemed to have stopped native people from having babies since they have the highest birthrates in the entire country even beating immigrant birthrates. *Violence against women is turning into an epidemic worldwide. More likely, it’s always been a profound and deeply-engrained issue, but it sadly hasn’t been receiving the attention that it deserves.* This has been a native and certain groups of minority issue much more than it is for other groups of people. Its almost like when you bring in 3rd world people, they're not immediately going to be letting go of their 3rd world behaviors and this goes for crime and violence and other general bad behaviors that make Canada a worse country to live in. *There’s literal genocide occurring in Sudan, and how often have we actually heard anything about that in the ‘mainstream media’?* Sudan doesn't get much attention because this is just Africans doing African things. Namely almost every single predominately African nation has major problems and most are in some sort of conflict whether it be with other nations or with themselves. Most of Africa is just a massive tire fire that has been messed up for centuries and very little if anything will ever change on that continent because you have an entire race of people who aren't very bright, but are very violent and they can't ever stop fighting each other long enough to start working together to build something better for themselves. These same people behave the same way wherever they go especially in western nations where even given a great opportunity to build a better life for themselves they instead choose violence and crime and seem hellbent to wreck our nations and turn it into the same shitholes that they turned their homelands into.

[@sashafortin1695]

How old is this episode? When was it filmed? I'm in Vancouver BC, and yes this is a disgusting reality here and all across Canada. Unfortunately, the distances between towns in rural /interior BC is IMPOSSIBLY far, if you aren't driving then you going to need to hitchhike. It just so happens that drivers passing through aren't ever noticed and are gone instantaneously ... The perfect hunting grounds for some disgusting piece of s*it to pluck any vulnerable person up and they aren't ever heard from or seen again. For the victim ASWELL as the killer🤦🏻‍♀️🥲 Also, it's not just indigenous women in DTES, Its the vast majority of people who come from other places especially smaller communities, rarely make it out of the DTES. It's just so sickening as a whole. Makes ya feel really.helpless honestly

[@Fumbuzi]

It's 8 years old.

[@mrnarason]

They mentioned 2013 was 2 years ago so this was from 2015

[@Shelly-m5t]

Someone from a small town told me, out in the country, you can't open a door to anyone at your door, also try not to be seen by any outsiders, too high a risk for them to do something. Living in bad times all over now.

[@jacqueslee2592]

Government-sponsored genocide. This is why. White supremacist serial killers are targeting them. Shame on Canada and US for hiding this silent genocide that has been ongoing for centuries. The indigenous of the Americas are still undergoing a silent genocide and are living in prisons known as reservations.

[@TheAkumaChan]

It's strange that in canada, large cities are much safer in comparison to small towns. The type of homeless congregation is also unique to Vancouver, and not seen in other large cities. I used to live in Vancouver and accidentally ended up in the worst part of Hastings, but overall, I didn't actually feel unsafe as a single female. I just felt really sad that it had to be this way. They are the really peaceful type of homeless population, and would recommend volunteering around there. A lot of these people just need some people to treat them like humans again 😢

[@valeriestern7460]

They are part of an extremely vulnerable population....and no one seems to care.....it breaks my heart!!!

[@jacqueslee2592]

Government-sponsored genocide. This is why. White supremacist serial killers are targeting them. Shame on Canada and US for hiding this silent genocide that has been ongoing for centuries. The indigenous of the Americas are still undergoing a silent genocide and are living in prisons known as reservations.

[@Richie_Alpha_Rabbit69]

They need God and need to obtain moral character. This is an attack on white people using an issue that has nothing to do with us white folk. They Have an evil spirit in them as all evil people do.

[@katiejon17]

As a native woman - this largely (overwhelmingly) comes down to families and choices. We do not belong to a tribe or reservation. We have none of the problems facing the natives that choose to associate for subsidies. We were raised knowing we have a higher likelihood of addiction, so we have chosen to to engage. These are problems created by the culture, these aren’t problems created by “whites”. We are fully capable... just like whites.

[@spacebar9733]

@@katiejon17 what a weird thing to say.

[@Richie_Alpha_Rabbit69]

@@spacebar9733 A native women taking responsibility? You are in such a bubble man I know a few who are like this woman and they are far better off than the ones crying about some phony idea of racism

[@Dasalsim]

Truly eye opening. The Canadian government needs to do better for its people.

[@alyssamary7132]

What more would you recommend they do ? The bail system definitely needs to be updated. The same people go in and out of jail. Drinking and addiction is a huge problem everywhere in Canada and also on reservations.

[@thatsrealroughbud...2394]

So you want the settler government to come onto reserves and start doing what EXACTLY to stop indigenous men from harming indigenous women and girls? Because the settler government has such a GREAT history of doing right by the First Nations and Inuit, right?

[@klondikemom3658]

The FN are doing it them selves. I see it. They are getting stronger voicing how they feel what they want. Chef Issac said it will be 100 years for my people to recover. He was right. They are.

[@TheVanillaReport]

The canadian government doesnt have jurisdiction on what happens in reserves, its their own native governments.

[@LordOfSweden]

@@thatsrealroughbud...2394 I mean, letting them live I think is kind of a nice gesture. In most wars in history, you just got rid of everyone - you didn't spare them and give them special rights.

[@OPortuguesBaseado]

I know this documentary was about the women, but, and I speak as a man here, I can't help but feel like like the issue lies deeply in the Indigenous men, and the consequences of those residential schools. Listening to those men speak at that gathering, I have a feeling I understood right away what was going on. They are frustrated, perhaps they inherited that frustration from their fathers, but I also think it's the isolation of where they live, and the struggle with their own identities, perhaps they feel useless, or unwanted, or powerless in today's Canadian society, and nothing hurts a man more than that. I believe indigenous women are the easy targets of that frustration, and because of the isolation, and perhaps even the actually discriminatory negligence of the government, they know they can get away with abusing them. It's sad, but I believe these men wouldn't have the courage to do these things to a non-indigenous woman, out of fear of the government showing up at their doorstep. Learning of this pains me for real. I think the solution lies in the older, stronger men, teaching the younger men better, that they aren't less than any other Canadian. But then again, if it was that simple, this wouldn't be happening... They need to feel useful and wanted, but only they can do that for themselves, it can't be given to them by anyone else. It's the kind of thing that you have to earn. Self-respect. My thoughts are with all the victims and their families.

[@LHLK-q2v]

it has nothing to do with the residential schools we make choices everyday how to live our lives and how to act. We inherit a tendency but we do not have to act on it, we can make other choices, stop giving the power away by looking for excuses for ones actions and take responsibility. These men do it to non indigenous women as spouses as well

[@WikkyPlays]

Canadian not far from the location this took place I've lived on the island and then northern BC and I've never come across a white supremacist that I know of so I think it must be more so not racism and more so abuse from within the reserve.. A lot of political narratives being pushed in this doc as well.

[@WikkyPlays]

@@LHLK-q2v Agreed. They have a choice and they made it

[@ilikepancakes2368]

They need better role models. I see this same pattern happening in black communities too. Native men need to start adopting healthy forms of masculinity and learn how to compete in society. Because if nothing changes, then it’s only a matter of time until native women grow sick of it and go against them. Then the native man’s reputation will be as tarnished as the black man’s. The native community deserves better.

[@aaykay4060]

@@LHLK-q2vit has everything to do with residential schools. An entire generation experienced trauma there and this is passed down generationally. Their families were broken and their ways of passing and teaching their culture were demonized. This has EVERYTHING to do with how colonial governments treated Indigenous people. It’s easy to people make choices from the comfort of your privileged. Do better champ, if you’re capable.

[@georgecuyler7563]

Back in the 90s my baby sister vanished and when we reported her missing the Vancouver police just said that she was just out partying and will be back in a few days, after those few days we went back to the police and got the same response. I said I'd go look for myself and was told not to because I'd contaminate the crime scene. I spent three years looking for her, thankfully we got her back after she played dead. She was found pregnant and clinging to life. My parents, grandparents and great grandparents went through residential schools.

[@siobhanceili6566]

tbh in canada this is an open secret. with the younger generations, i’d say nearly all of them have at least heard of this

[@kaiaswrld]

I’m 20 (Gen Z) and grew up in Alberta, we have all heard of this because we learned about it at school. I remember first learning about residential schools in like 3rd grade (2011/2012). It’s in the curriculum in alberta and it’s in the textbooks. Social studies class was very dark from 6-12th grade. I live in a rural area that’s extremely close to multiple reservations though and my school did a lot to educate us on all of it, we had a FNMI counsellor at our school, had lots of indigenous speakers come to our school, I’ve met a few residential school survivors and heard their stories. Most schools in my area were very similar to this.

[@paisalinda3331]

Breaks my soul, Breaks my heart, It hurts. I'll send prayers and love to all of you

[@user-ib2bt4ck7y]

Thank you for posting this. Wow. I lived in the town near where Tachie is located, so this feels really close to home! Recently 3 indigenous women went missing in the interior, just in the past few months. It's extremely scary and sad... I used to walk the roads on the reserves alone, I was never approached or bothered, only offered a ride on a rainy day. The native community in that area was very sweet to me, they made me feel like I was home with them. I never hitchhiked anywhere out of town thankfully. But I feel sick for the women who've gone missing, I pray for their safe return, if that is not possible then I pray for their peace. I'm so sorry.

[@LHLK-q2v]

how do you know it is a human we do have predators of the animal kind as well, as well as those who wander off into the bush

[@coretteyellowknee]

As an Indigenous woman I appreciate you for doing this documentary. There needs to be more awareness about this issue in Canada. There is so much racism against natives in general its not even funny. Canada isn't as "good" as it claims to be.

[@JonesWalker-z7s]

Yes, but many times in my life, I tried to become friends or at least friendly with first nations only to be rejected at every angle. We need to unite and think of each other as the same people. Many first nations carry European blood. We are now forever linked to each other. The battle MUST end for the future of this country.

[@makkavelli3972]

Never even knew this was going on there,,soo sad

[@jpdelete]

Yes. but no just natives. racism across the board for all minorities

[@anubispatron]

Being a white male living in Canada, I always thought Canada was the best, now that I am older and more aware of my surroundings and neighbors I see it for what it really is, a country of many secrets, with the rich and powerful force feeding the BS narrative that we are a "nice country" to live in. Even in my small town, crime is going through the roof, and they sweep it under the rug and suppress the reality of whats going on to desperately try and maintain an image that just doesn't exist in reality.

[@LHLK-q2v]

this is not racism this is about people making bad choices and putting themselves in danger. then looking to blame racism. Indigenous people are not innocent

[@BoxedUp1234]

Canadian here. Thank you for covering this on such a large platform capable of reaching beyond the typical bubble where it's discussed.

[@mikeol1985]

This needs more attention I knew that the numbers were high but damn this is sad!!!

[@samuhlm2]

Whyd you know the numbers are high Michael? Is someone involved and now reliving it

[@Lucas-vd2gx]

Canadians love to criticize the US in how the country treats the black population but look at how First Nations people are treated in Canada. Sad.

[@Valuepak]

We also treat natives bad in the US too. We are 2 for 2, they are 1 for 2. They're better but not great

[@charlenef.9055]

The indigenous communities and the black communities need to band together to make changes ✨️

[@MathieuRouland]

stop making things about yourself lmao

[@gabfortin1976]

@@charlenef.9055 Black people think that they are the real Native-Americans and that the Natives who have rights and land today are Chinese rail road workers from the 1800s who were paid by the government to make up a language and live in tents so that they can take away the black people's true history and identity.

[@bigbody7793]

Conversation shouldn’t be framed in a USA vs Canada light. Canada has a massive issue with mistreatment of indigenous communities and that must be the focus of our people

[@chauna5413]

I’ve been to Vancouver and the amount of homeless people I seen in downtown was insane, and I’m from Miami so I’ve seen my fair share of homelessness

[@SK-cb8us]

Part of it is definitely the weather, Vancouver is the most warm/temperate climate in Canada. A lot of warm options in the states but not as many here

[@badfeng]

@@SK-cb8us The downtown eastside is run by organized crime and they pay off politicians. "Everyone wins" except the people who slowly die there in the horrific "welfare hotels".

[@LHLK-q2v]

@@SK-cb8us ha,ha,ha yes grey, cold and bucketing down with rain, yes real nice weather

[@piku5637]

A handful of corrupt billionaires shouldn’t own and control the means of production, distribution and exchange. Workers make the world run, workers should run the world.🌎Ⓐ🏴

[@badfeng]

@@piku5637 What's stopping workers from forming coops?

[@cataleyaaizawa4419]

This was such an honest, sensitive documentary, heartbreaking at many times. Well done Vice News for tackling the issue.

[@badfeng]

It's a whitewash. There's a lot they don't mention. This isn't just due to misogyny and random racists. Read Kevin Annett's witness allegations.

[@lauramurphy8932]

Around the world, the most common murder suspects are the friends and family of the victim. Working in the sex trade or doing drugs is also increases your risk

[@katieh1752]

Thank you for shedding light on this issue! This is a huge issue in the United States as well. We must come together and demand answers and safety for these women.

[@LordOfSweden]

Nah, I don't care. It's their own problem to solve. First they hate on wh1tes and now they want our help? No, F off..

[@johnhonker437]

Reservations are sovereign nations. Are you, Ms White Savior Liberal, going to save these people from themselves? This violence is almost entirely WITHIN these communities, not perpetrated from the outside upon them. Indigenous men get drunk, and abuse there families, and the community accepts that. Outside police aren't allowed to interfere.

[@Daniel-g9o3u]

I'm So sorry to All my indigenous Sisters 😢

[@jacqueslee2592]

Government-sponsored genocide. This is why. White supremacist serial killers are targeting them. Shame on Canada and US for hiding this silent genocide that has been ongoing for centuries. The indigenous of the Americas are still undergoing a silent genocide and are living in prisons known as reservations.

[@TPkills]

Hold first nations men accountable 👍

[@joseenoel8093]

Every two days a woman is killed, I'm a chick forest technician from Montreal, worked up north, it is disgusting how the indigenous are treated all over, sorry for your losses, I hope more stay safe, they need to be made safe, Vcr's a hole!

[@samuhlm2]

awww that has to be adorable being a little dawkter to chicks! How long until theyre on to the next stage?

[@LHLK-q2v]

it is terrible how they treat each other stop looking for others to blame

[@williamstrong2068]

When i was a very young hitchhiker on the trans Canada highway and the yellow head. In the early 2000's there was gossips about lots of travelling vulnerable people in need, especially natives who were being predated by serial killers and even groups of organised serial killers. Right on the highway, in plane sight. That gave me chill when a weird Guy gave me a ride, asked him questions about the deseperance. He told me not to worry for myself, with my gear and attitude it was obvious that i was travelling and probably had a network around me. Not the right pray. Years after, i see the bodycount and i cant shake those toughts out of me.

[@Pommawolf]

Not just Canada. It is also here in the U.S. Records from the FBI's National Crime Information Center show that 5,491 Indigenous women were missing as of Dec. 31 2023.

[@LordOfSweden]

Uh huh. And how many none- indegenous?

[@Pommawolf]

@@LordOfSweden Your question tells me everything I need to know. THIS IS ABOUT MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN. I am part Indigenous, and if you want that information it is not my job to answer you. It's called racism for a reason.

[@EA-xp7hm]

@@LordOfSwedenbut you have to look at it proportionately. For the number of people that live in their community, the amount of missing women is high. What would be the use of comparing a small, vulnerable indigenous populations missing statistics with non-indigenous?

[@LordOfSweden]

@@EA-xp7hm well, for one, the interracial crime right against whites is insane.

[@pukasonqo895]

Unfortunately violence against indigenous women seems present everywhere, we see it in Australia, NZ, South and North America, wish there was a way to change the perception that indigenous lives are not worthy

[@LordOfSweden]

Because it's their own men doing it yeah.

[@johnhonker437]

Yes, and that violence is perpetrated almost ENTIRELY by so-called indigenous men. Are you going to "save" them from themselves, Mr Liberal, or are you going to "protest" at your University 4000 miles away from the problem?

[@charlenef.9055]

Sad how he's speaking his truth of how the destruction of a people from humankind is still evident.

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Most of the destruction is from within.

[@LordOfSweden]

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu Well said. You know what is tiresome? These people always blaming someone else for their own mistakes.

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

@@LordOfSweden Yes, blaming outsiders when its mostly their own community doing it.

[@LordOfSweden]

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu Yeah. These people always act this way :) It's always someone else's fault. Now their own men getting rid off them is boarding schools fault 40 years ago. You cannot make it up 🤣🤣🤣 All they want to do is blame wh1t3es and never take any responsabbility. It's always like this.

[@fddddd1120]

EDA❤😊é❤😊ð😊😮😊😢😊​@@LordOfSweden

[@jtabal100]

Multi generational trauma 😢

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

...going back _centuries!_ 😡

[@LordOfSweden]

hahahahahahahahahhahaha.. yes always someone else's fault 🤣🤣

[@Eattits]

Or stop making excuses for abusive drug addicted indigenous parents. Even the social workers on the reserves do drugs. I LIVED it

[@suredeydo]

They have to take accountability at some point. Just because granpappy was an abuser, doesn't mean they have to be violent to their women today.

[@jtabal100]

@@suredeydoof course totally agree

[@MichaelLeeTamlin]

As an RCMP officer working in an Indigenous reserve, I can tell you the reason why this is happening. 1) Most times victims refuse to cooperate in the initial investigation (ie: starts off with a domestic, or uttering threats and they don't give a statement or refuse to go to court) 2) Soft sentencing (R v Gladue- a systemically racist law which gives Indigenous offenders lighter sentences). 99% of the crimes committed against Indig women (at least in all the reserves I've worked in) were committed by Indig men. Soft sentences mean those offenders return to the community and reoffend. 3) Bleeding heart mentality. A lot of victims end of forgiving their offenders (goes hand in hand with dropping charges) and then get re-victimized. If they focused less on rehabilitation/restorative justice, they would likely have the offenders behind bars longer, thus preventing them or someone else from being victimized.

[@OddeyeDL76]

Thats actually a pretty fair take on the issue. Sorta ignores the racist systemic roots of all the problems BUUUUTTT it does go a long way towards suggesting what to do about the problem currently as w/o fear of punishment your more likely to give in to your darker desires if your weak of will. I actually think the solution long term is quite complex but maybe the government forcing the tribal police to enforce stiffer punishments and maybe even an oversight policy wherein the government has to approve the sentence of a criminal before it is finalized. Canada cannot just pick and choose where it governs, it needs to take a firmer hold of things here as they are losing control.

[@MichaelLeeTamlin]

@@OddeyeDL76 systemic racism is a thing of the past. Many of the people I arrest today have all the opportunities in the world (the reserve pays for their post secondary. Band members are given a living allowance/per diem when living abroad for study, rent is paid for.... jobs within their territory [logging/mining camps] are offered to Indigenous people first before anyone else, and of course when working on reserve they don't pay income tax). The government has gone above and beyond in ensuring Indigenous people have what they need to succeed. How long should Canadians have to keep paying for the mistakes of those who governed decades ago? As a son of immigrant parents, my family had no part in residential schools or any faults the Canadian government made in the past. My descendants and I shouldn't have to keep paying for mistakes that aren't our own.

[@OddeyeDL76]

@@MichaelLeeTamlin I think the effects of residential schools are still being felt today. The last school only closed in 1990 or something so we arent that far removed from residential schools to say systemic racism isn't at least a factor. I would say substance abuse would be the number 1 factor. The remoteness of the rez's is another big factor. But I digress as your right in that the punishments don't have teeth. People commiting these acts dont have the proper amount of fear and respect for the law and so that is another factor. One of the biggest things that goes under the radar is mens mental health. Can you really say that Male indigenous men have reasonable access to mental health resources. Please articulate if your thinking that they do, and if you think that they don't you/we should really put that in our valuation of what should/shouldn't be doable living on a rez.

[@MichaelLeeTamlin]

​@@OddeyeDL76 While residential schools did have an impact, we must also remember the one that closed in BC was in 1984. People tend to use the word "last" but forget that many schools closed way before that date, with some having been closed as early as 1891. BC alone has 2 schools that closed over 100 years ago. Furthermore, why is it that the success stories of Indigenous people are rarely talked about. Take a look at Osoyoos Nation, they're the richest, most well organized reserve in Canada. Members of their community would have went to Kamloops or Cranbrook's RS- which closed in 1978 and 1984 respectively). Why is it that people want to focus on victimization, and nobody wants to celebrate success. Why is it that many other nations, instead of looking at the model for success; would rather focus on a claim to victimhood when many of those people didn't even go to schools? You are correct that isolation has a factor in why substance abuse is so prevalent amongst many First Nations communities. The issue there however is that many community members prefer the isolation, choosing to try to live off the land as close to as how their ancestors used to. My community intentionally refused to pave the forest service road going in to limit access and deter outsiders (it's over 500KM of FSR to get to the highway). It becomes a two pronged sword because their desire to remain a remote community limits their access to external resources like mental health support. Yes you are totally correct regarding men's mental health. The entire mental health system is not measuring up (at least in BC, I don't know about other provinces) in my opinion; but that's another topic.

[@Babezilla]

Indigenous people refuse cooperate with police and then wonder why the people they know go missing like phone charges. They don’t care about themselves but expect other people to care about them.

[@leetssmith5146]

This BREAKS my heart. My great grandmother was in residential school. She knew only violence.

[@kaisholeopard]

Ever since I migrated to Canada I hadn’t heard of these stories till I started hearing in the news about these notorious residential schools, then I started reading about high suicidal rates in communities in Canada, Greenland. Its painful because I know firsthand how abuse is, as being of mixed race I was beaten ,called names growing up but I developed a thick skin but now that I look back it still haunts me, I hope one day justice prevails, it’s sad that a nation like this isn’t doing enough to curb this.😢😢😢😢😢

[@helenacampos1345]

It’s been happening in our country as well, nobody is talking about it!

[@Sheepdog1314]

you cannot blame everything on church or government.

[@Tijereño]

@@Sheepdog1314 in the realm of indigenous people you absolutely can. Anyone who says otherwise (hint: you 😂) is either stupid or has never researched the topic.

[@LordOfSweden]

Mixed race, you're literally the most privilage catered to ever in society today

[@RaqueLauren]

MEN That's why. Men men men men men. When are we going to stop acting surprised?

[@tam3362]

It’s not men, it’s boys who failed to become men and they feel insecure and powerless. Only weak males harm women - because it’s their only way to feel a sort of pseudo power in their lives.

[@shottakush8404]

Lmao. Look here we got us one boys. Ends with ist. She’s probably a bian as well

[@nebhalabir1201]

@TSSIII exactly

[@tam3362]

@TSSIII no it’s not. Go spend some time living in these communities and maybe you’ll reconsider your assumptions and whatever they’re based on.

[@liberalbias4462]

As they should.

[@KhaosNeutral]

Same in Montana. Crow reservation and Northern Cheyanne have this issue going on.

[@Creashone]

White lady Canadian here. Living really close to a beautiful reserve in a rural area, where there is a school on site and my kids go there... I was so impressed with the presentation one of my son's Indigenous classmates did for their grade 7 project about missing and murdered women in the community. She was only 11 or so and so matter of fact. It brought me to tears and she was just so aware of it all and more thinking about what to do next. I think the way out is with the women and men in the communities. And I also like the idea of putting up signs that say "no more missing and murdered women" that are on camera, so that anyone who defiles them can be on record and investigated each time someone goes missing. And the answers lie with the communities, government, Canadian intelligence, should be 100% be funding and leading investigations and arrests. And please stop hitchhiking! I've done it too and it dangerous as hell. I, too, could have been a statistic.

[@redman958]

From a Stats Canada report: "between 2014 to 2021, eight in ten (86%) persons accused of killing an Indigenous woman or girl were themselves Indigenous"

[@AlwayzInTheLoop]

Dont let facts get in the way of race baiting leftards though

[@yx2083]

just like blacks. them killing themselves and crying about it

[@yourclairygodmother]

What is the message you're trying to convey with this statement?

[@jamesharakiri]

Facts 👍🏼

[@Tijereño]

www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/249815.pdf reconcile that with this.

[@michaeld.1128]

Start with First Nation Men.

[@user-ib2bt4ck7y]

Start with not being a racist loser

[@44CJW]

🎯💯 if the statistics are correct

[@L.A.-hm5yk]

Start with European males as this is their M.O. on both Canada and America

[@iciajay6891]

Most of the missing women are killed by white men.

[@jamesharakiri]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 100% right!!!

[@MsAngie-he5uv]

😭😭😭😭my heart hurts so badly for these women. Stop the hate period!!!!

[@felixxtcat]

Tell it to the Indigenous men.. who themselves are murdered by each other at 2 X the rate Indigenous women are murdered.

[@asielmundo]

They should be searching about wich sextraffickers operate into canada, I think those dessapearings are because somebody is getting beneffits with those women because their vulnerability.

[@DynamicDreamer2785]

Yes and they’re targeting teens.

[@whateverfloats]

When I was a young teen I volunteered at a soup kitchen in the DTES. I stepped outside for like 2 minutes waiting for my parents to pick me up and I was approached by a middle aged man. He must have assumed I was a runaway. He asked me if I had a fake ID and gave me his card. He made pornos. There has got to be a tonne of sex trafficking in the DTES. Sadly, I never volunteered there agin after that.

[@ludmillamoindrot-zilliox2522]

As a Canadian, a woman, a human, this is revolting!!! Every child matters, and Indigenous right are Human rights. Vous avez tout mon soutien 🧡

[@Seawitch907]

It’s also happening in Alaska 😢

[@ayatour5333]

This needs to be talked about more. I didn't know about this matter until now.

[@treyxna]

i’m from new England but moving to montreal in about a week. i always was curious why there’s so many homeless indigenous women. its heartbreaking to see. i’m so glad i was about to see this documentary. i’ll never understand how people can be so ignorant and cruel.

[@christinehumphreys6717]

From Stats Canada. "Most Indigenous women and girls were killed by someone that they knew (81%), including an intimate partner (35%), acquaintance (24%), or family member (22%). In most cases, the person accused of their homicide was also Indigenous (86%)."

[@cadenceortiz4138]

One of my mother's classmates went missing on the highway of tears in the 1980s. I've drove through the highway multiple times. This hits too close to home.

[@omgmatthew100]

This was copyrighted back in 2016, but released 2 hrs ago!!! Weird!!!

[@holdenroth5929]

Vice uploads old videos of theirs all the time.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

They've shown it before but it seems to have been updated.

[@ottodidakt3069]

because it's still of actuality

[@badfeng]

@@ottodidakt3069 Vice doesn't go deep into it at all. Glaring omissions.

[@badfeng]

@leel.5818 Pickton. Pickton being an open secret in the DTES. The VPD and RCMP allowing him to exist. The parties Pickton held.The fact that organized crime runs the DTES. Canada is a corrupt monarchy.

[@0230Raveena]

Devastating when you cannot find safety and refuge in your own community. The very same is happening here in the States. Native communities have little to no resources for personal or societal improvements which is one of the reasons why they have one of the highest suicide rates. We should be protecting these first peoples at all cost because as societies we have taken so much from them and have given so little in return.

[@gabrielleabraham5773]

Facts it’s really sad and disheartening

[@LordOfSweden]

Taken what? They lived in tents and didn't use the horse or the wheel lol. What was there to take.. lmao

[@0230Raveena]

@Svitjod. Their ancestral lands which was much more valuable than any material thing. The land provided every means of life. The white man took their land and drove them into reservations where conditions are deplorable and the suicide rates are very high. Please educate yourself before commenting.

[@CanadianEhHole]

@@LordOfSweden People seem to believe they lived in bliss, peace, and harmony. They were constantly warring with one another, constantly killing, constantly needing to hunt and relocate to survive.

[@johnhonker437]

The superior, empathetic white liberal woman has spoken. Go volunteer to "help" in your nearest reservation (if they let you). You'll find out very quickly what the problem is. Crime is completely out of control, and outside law enforcement cannot interfere. Like 100% of poor communities, all around the world, they SCREAM for more police, and for stability.

[@JshGlmt]

Thank you for helping bring awareness. Quesnel, BC Canada.

[@anubispatron]

I know 3 personally that disappeared from my area here in southern Ontario. Most people think they ran away from their abusive relationship though, but never hearing from them again or seeing them leads me to think otherwise.

[@Onatyrade]

This is not new this has been happening for decades.

[@karra6767]

Praying for our people.

[@bobcat2938]

Financially disadvantaged people/communities all over the world are going through this because predators know that they are more vulnerable.

[@lerm4676]

Not that everyone is like it, but I've found that on average, people who are poor are of a generally lower quality than those who have means.

[@LordOfSweden]

Cope: From a Stats Canada report: "between 2014 to 2021, eight in ten (86%) persons accused of killing an Indigenous woman or girl were themselves Indigenous"

[@usernotfound.......1918]

​@@LordOfSwedenI've clicked on at least 6 comments and I've seen this same thing from all of them, I think people will get your viewpoint dude

[@LordOfSweden]

@@usernotfound.......1918 No need to be angry that I spread the truth

[@johnhonker437]

@@LordOfSweden These people don't want to accept that the rot is INSIDE these communities. They're racist leftists, so they can't accept the fact that this violence isn't being done to these people from the outside by the HUWITE man. Your statistics confuse and enrage them.

[@Eusantdac]

They are such beautiful people. As a non-Native, I have spent a lot of time on Native Reserves here in Ontario, over the last fifteen years. I am always treated with respect, patience and good will overall. If people only took the time to visit Native Reserves and talk to people there, they would understand how amazing the First Nations culture and people are.

[@vicshrily]

All the women raised their hands when asked if they’ve been victims of sexual violence.. so, the problem is also within their own homes/communities that tragically continues into border cities. THANK YOU, Bernie Williams for your work/concern & grateful to those who help you!

[@jeffgobert9325]

Has anyone stopped to ask how the reserve and treaty system has failed first nations. The sooner we stop funding it, the sooner the issue will get better. Imagine no free money to stay home and not work. No free money to have a ton of kids, no free money to spend on drugs and alcohol. People would have to work and engauge with society. Then maybe these women wouldn't be putting themselves in such horrible situations all the time. Not to mention most of the violence against them is perpetrated by their own kind.

[@Eattits]

People deny that they get free money but my childrens father received over $100k in band money in 2023.. Guess how much he spent on his kids 😉😂 None..

[@jeffgobert9325]

@@Eattits anyone that denies that has never set foot on a reserve

[@shannonbritton5313]

It was so interesting to see a husband and wife discussing the violence TOGETHER. what an interesting dynamic and how helpful and insightful. Im sure they are touching a lot of hearts with their story. That was very cool to see

[@jesjesl]

From Europe and never heard about this issue. Totally shocked!!! 😱😭

[@klondikemom3658]

Well you should know what went on in orphanages for hundreds of years. Well they took that knowledge on how to abuse children to the Americas. Ruined a people and made them valuable.

[@jacqueslee2592]

Government-sponsored genocide. This is why. White supremacist serial killers are targeting them. Shame on Canada and US for hiding this silent genocide that has been ongoing for centuries. The indigenous of the Americas are still undergoing a silent genocide and are living in prisons known as reservations.

[@fraulotte]

Drug abuse yes, and assault in patriarchic family structures is normal.

[@badfeng]

@@Betweoxwitegan Yup. What was the "White March" in Brussels and why did it happen? Also: the head of state of Canada lives in Europe.

[@elfin1358]

Happens a lot in Europe too. I lived there and witnessed this against and among the gypsies.

[@lucifershome]

really good video. my heart aches for all the families and missing women. i hope some closure and justice can be found and the cycle of violence can be improved with the generations.

[@janelle9707]

As an indigenous woman and mother, in my life experiences... non indigenous women hate us!! Men are forced to go along with this. I was raised with advantages of sober parents. But had many disadvantages as indigenous. My mom was educated and successful. I was raisedboth on reserve and in big cities. I did not know nor understand i was different. Even visiting long time friends and traveling, I was approached by men passing by on the street. I think i was lucky in many areas of my life to survive. But when i became a parent, i became terrified, even bringing my kids to the doctor. I went to counseling. Joined support groups. And fought for my place in the community. Its been very difficult and scary. My parents taught me to pray. I may not have made it through many situations because of prayer. I went through family violence. I do not have proper family support. As a cause of this, I've been in the shelter program three times, im considered the last person to help. That family violence is my fault. And less likely to receive financial benefits off the reserve!! I have my education. I traveled globally with youth programs. I have worked my whole life. Yet im racially profiled and rejected, lost jobs from being harassed and targetted, when i reported these. I did my sobriety for 11 yrs to do my traditiobal ceremony vow. I did not have any adverse addictions. Once a week have a drink with friends at the bar and home before a late night. I have not ever lost my life to addiction. My parents and grandparents raise me strict with religious practice. Jealousy, poverty and corruption is very very high on the reserve. And continued on off reserve. After i had my children at a late age, i developed a health from the neglect as a child and youth, ive gone through immense trauma from my own family and community. I am going back yo work the first time in 6 years!! Because of my education and work experience, i learned my rights, and took over my own health management. Even more so, I have fought for my life, i had to MAKE the global governments listen to my complaints!!! Both about my own community and other Canadian communities!! I have literally gone through racial harassment and profiling local from leaders, whom are both afraid and refuse to even think about!! Some days tbh the government process to address my concerns has been my only friend... after i made them listen! After i made a public name for myself with celebrities, whom noticed me on Facebook... because of a public social media relationship. This was an open door for me. And i was guided to use it! I have a duty i take seriously. I am not abusive. The ends with me!

[@johnhonker437]

Weird post... It's almost like a script. Almost ALL violence in Indigenous communities comes from WITHIN. There are billboards in the reservations near where I live that tell Native Men that it isn't ok to beat their family members...

[@3OHT.]

WTF the man at 14:33 This is insane. He didn't even go to jail? He has to be put behind bars.

[@KlodFather]

He was convicted 6 times... so he was run through the system.... and has since repented of his ways... are you after justice or revenge? They are very much different. I think he is a creepy ahole and a jerk... But the guy did follow the terms of his conviction, and has since changed his evil ways and thinks what he did was wrong. Check yourself.

[@3OHT.]

@@KlodFather He didn't spend any time in prison for his crimes, a failure of the justice system. You think criminals like this should walk free? Why don't you go push that ideology in your own country, american. Check yourself.

[@3OHT.]

@@KlodFather Awfully strange hill to die on, Klodfather. No one is asking you to defend this repeatedly offending violent criminal.

[@AxelKristoff-zm6cg]

I don't think klod is defending him but just spitting facts

[@3OHT.]

@@AxelKristoff-zm6cg He made about 3 other comments before deleting them

[@mmzoodle]

As a proud Canadian, this is horrible to watch. I hope something is done to deal with this issue.

[@JonesWalker-z7s]

We don't live in the Canada of 70 years ago. Today, it comes down to personal choice and the community's willingness to help instead of pushing narratives.

[@ericcartmann]

86 percent of native women killed are by indigenous people

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@w.jasonspangler2952]

This has always been a complicated issue. Governments try to balance the needs of native communities against allowing them to function independently as their own sovereign entities. But by doing this the men inside native communities are allowed to basically abuse their women without much fear of punishment. The men inside these societies need to look at themselves and decide how much they truly value their women.

[@SinaDadresi]

It is absolutely tragic that this has been going on for more than 2 decades. This is not the first I have heard about this situation. It is very concerning.

[@heatherfoster7823]

Since the beginning of Canada*

[@JonesWalker-z7s]

​@@heatherfoster7823 and long before too.

[@ScreamTatumRiley]

I believe that native men are responsible and non natives it’s both

[@Avery758]

Most of it is native men

[@ericcartmann]

86% native

[@mattpoitras-ps6wl]

@@ericcartmannnot at all

[@ericcartmann]

@@mattpoitras-ps6wl its an actual fact

[@Oboak]

I live in Nova Scotia. Straight facts.

[@pitot1988]

So Canada is not much better, if not worse, than the US...

[@beigenegress2979]

Yep.

[@heatherfoster7823]

As a Canadian, I urge you to try and find information on Canada's Home Children. Apparently we were literally purchasing children as slaves from england and ireland until way too recently - like long after slavery was abolished in America

[@nnexa4]

As a Canadian, yes.

[@CanadianEhHole]

@@heatherfoster7823 That's not what happened. Why does everyone take the worst snippets of something and apply it to the entire scenario? Canada was not purchasing children, there were some women who were appalled at the terrible conditions the poor and orphaned kids had over in the UK and thought their best opportunity for a better life was a place with a new beginning, like Canada and Australia. They provided many of them with housing, education, and work -- albeit not enough to be sufficient for modern revisionists to think it was anything beyond abject horror. They had limited oversight of the kids once they were emigrated out of the UK. Many had a tough life still, since Canada was undeveloped and they were just kids. Many took advantage of them for cheap labour. That's the entire time period for you. Worst way to view history is with a modern lens, you lose the entirety of understanding the norms back then.

[@BuickOutdoors]

I live in North East BC, in the North Peace region, and it is scary how many people have gone missing over the years, and theres been a spike very recently. Its also not just Natives that are going missing. Its not a good place right now and with the amount of true wilderness thats out here, its incredibly hard to even search for them, let alone find them.

[@Zulfan-t5l]

Animal attacks or urban legend?

[@joanhuffman2166]

Indigenous men.... mostly.

[@cinephile1712]

It’s not just racism that leads to the perception of First Nations and American Native girls and women, it’s ingrained misogyny. I know this report was about the First Nations communities, but the same issues exist in northern Midwest Native reservations, where girls and women are also disappearing and being murdered. In those communities, many girls and young women are trafficked into camps where oil and logging workers live. I shudder to imagine what happens to them there. Those cases, much like the First Nations ones, are mainly pursued by friends and family members - outside law enforcement may be briefly involved, but the girls and women are generally written off as runaways or such. It’s a terrible problem and just one more way in which Native communities continue being destroyed by white people.

[@jacqueslee2592]

Government-sponsored genocide. This is why. White supremacist serial killers are targeting them. Shame on Canada and US for hiding this silent genocide that has been ongoing for centuries. The indigenous of the Americas are still undergoing a silent genocide and are living in prisons known as reservations.

[@okpo2596]

86% of native women that go missing are peroetrated by native men but sure it's white people's fault 🤡

[@elfin1358]

Not just by 'white' people, but by their own as well. You need better tribal policing. If the men did a better job protecting their women rather than abusing them, it would go a long way to solving this problem.

[@LordOfSweden]

It's literally their own people doing it. But you always have to blame whites for everything, even when you do it yourselves. Brown people in a nutshell.

[@LHLK-q2v]

made up stories to inflame people is not reality. stop, how about a 6 year old raped by her uncle, the child was so badly hurt she would never have children, tried to press charges but no one would cooperate, the child was returned from hospital to the parents and a week later guess who was living in the house with them, the uncle. happens all the time stop trying to blame others.

[@scopedog9197]

90 percent crime solved rate. Also, 90 percent of the perpetrators were known to the victim. Family, friends, etc.

[@keikairin2038]

Its not just Indigenous women. Its poor women. Isolated, away from their families. They seem to be disappearing like crazy.

[@tam3362]

This is true. Do you happen to know where I could get more info or stats on this? Or if there are any reports covering this broader issue?

[@keikairin2038]

@@tam3362 Most google searches let you look up 'missing persons' by a province or area. There are some government websites which show some folks whose bodies were found or are being investigated. You'll have to do a search. But the demographics vary. I found one website listing over 1000 names of men, women and children. Mostly white folks...but all ethnicities. Its just this country has a lot more poor white folks then anyone else being preyed upon. Some communities raise money and funding to look for their own, rather then wait on officials. Belleville seems to have had a woman hunter problem for awhile. There have been plenty of news stories in their area where women have disappeared. Some of the women are found alive, some dead. Remember to be listed on these sites someone has to report them missing. For the 1000 we know about there are more who had nobody that cared about them and didn't report it. If a man doesn't report his wife missing, chances are he's the problem....

[@1971zephyr]

This is heartbreaking

[@NotoriousEmu]

Thank you for bringing more awareness to this tragic issue. So many missing women within the indigenous communities and its been happening for a long time. The Highway of Tears has a very somber feel to it but its a problem in more and more communities and not just that stretch of highway. These women need as many as possible to be their voice.

[@captain-obvious-speaks]

Can’t leave even Canada is failing in such basic human rights and dignity

[@jozemun6398]

We live in a terminally sick world

[@XxBlindoutxX]

Not just indigenous woman, woman of all backgrounds and children. Lots of children being sold and traded as if their products.

[@dulaman9791]

Yes, but it disproportionately affects indigenous women

[@shaynajacob8989]

The fact that this is still going on is scary

[@doricetimko5403]

This issue needs to gain more awareness Thank you for helping get the word out on a long standing issue

[@ltnitmare]

They need tribal police who understand their community

[@dinavienna]

The murder that had recently been solved (a pickpocket brought a cellphone with evidence of the murder of two indigenous women to the police) definitely wasn’t an indigenous murderer

[@SomeKidFromBritain]

Are the police not present?

[@robertafoginthemorning6678]

Tribal police?. 😅

[@SomeKidFromBritain]

@@robertafoginthemorning6678 What is funny?

[@sashafortin1695]

It's not that simple. If that was the only solution, it would have been implemented long ago. Sadly the police would have happily turned it over. It's just an all around heartbreaking and appalling vast number of issues.

[@brookstorm9789]

The loss of these precious woman is a loss to all. What hurts most is the future children that will not be born. The First Nations people are our heart and soul. Gratitude just for keeping on.

[@jeepguy4499]

The very short and brutal answer is: nobody cares. Not being a jerk but this happens with the most marginalized pieces of our population. It’s sad, but true. So many people have an “if it doesn’t happen to me, then it’s doesn’t matter to me” attitude.

[@metalheadlass9868]

Why doesn’t the government provide safe transportation for women who are trying to flee? It’s disgusting how apathetic politicians are towards this issue.

[@billyyank5807]

2:14 They should look in their own community for who is responsible. 🤷

[@sololafolle1808]

The thing is the Canadian government doesn’t care to bring justice to the woman so what is the community supposed to do especially if they don’t know who exactly is responsible for a certain murder or missing case

[@Tijereño]

www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/249815.pdf should they?

[@ericcartmann]

@@sololafolle1808Explain to everyone what "justice" looks like? Because throwing money at the problem doesnt work. The money gets "lost" or "spent" then there's nothing.

[@johnhonker437]

About what, 90% of REPORTED crimes in so-called "minority" communities are perpetrated by members of that community. The race of those people is irrelevant, as well as the location of the community. Inner-city Detroit, Chicago, or Rural Alberta, the cause is the same. Poverty, and a complete lack of law enforcement. One difference is that in Native communities, outside police aren't ALLOWED in.

[@Tijereño]

@@johnhonker437 that’s not true at all and you’re just lying? Rambling? Making it up as you go along? You’re correct, all racial groups are mostly the perpetrators and victims of crime against their own race. All except one. Indigenous people. They are the only racial group where the majority of violent crime are perpetrated by outsiders. This is easy information to find on google. The federal government has concurrent (or exclusive) jurisdiction over ALL indian affairs. The tribes have no authority whatsoever to prevent federal law enforcement from entering their lands. As for states it’s more complicated. The 6 Public Law 280 states have criminal jurisdiction in indian country, so again the tribes have no authority to prevent state law enforcement from entering their lands in these cases. Recent supreme court cases MAY indicate that states have concurrent criminal jurisdiction with tribes. Regardless, tribes were stripped of their ability to prosecute crime efficiently (or at all) by the Major Crimes Act of 1885, Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, among others. READ BEFORE COMMENTING!!!

[@Kelly-mq2we]

They are often killed or missing from their own communities. Yes it does need to be investigated but maybe another question that needs to be asked, how do we or indigenous communities re-educate the men of their communities.

[@Cruity]

Kelly, stop speaking on things you’re uneducated about hun it just makes you look stupid

[@nathanield.4923]

It is NOT JUST WOMEN! With respect they are the majority, but this epidemic includes men, and LQBTQIA+ Two-spirited folks as well! Years later they're still finding ways dismantle, discard, and forget about indigenous people all over Canada! I'm a 2S Identifying Oji-Cree person, a third generation product of a residential schools survivor. It hurts and is wounding to see massive amounts of people disappearing, or struggling with addiction and houselessness here in Edmonton, Alberta with no reliable recourses or support.

[@johnhonker437]

Ah, yes, make it about you. Of course.

[@Solaera]

This happening in New Mexico too. It is a real concern here.