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Question 1 and 3
- How do the legacies of colonialism make indigenous women and girls more vulnerable to violence?
Stereotypical views from colonization have put Indigenous women and girls at the mercy of violence in their homes, countries, and institutions. Today, these views have promoted intersectionality between the various effects such as gender discrimination and racism, making it easier to experience violence. According to the author, “Many indigenous people hold a collective trauma due to many losses inflicted through various forms of colonial violence.” (Marion, 112). I think the trauma results from the effects of colonialization, such as racism experienced in institutions today, creating institutional violence in women and girls. Secondly is the change of marriage views that perceived women to be kept by men (Marion 243). Even though this view of women being possession has been fought against its still available in the Indigenous communities making women vulnerable to emotional, physical, and verbal violence from men. Lastly is the legacy of creating policies and laws that would ensure that the Indigenous communities were controlled (Marion 77). I think the rules were gender-based and created by institutions that exist up to today. Besides, these institutions operating on specific rules put women and girls on edge to experience violence.
- In What ways have missing and murdered women been remembered and grieved?
I believe that people grieve differently. But how are the murdered and missing women remembered and grieved? From my understanding, the indigenous people remember their missing women through addressing the violation of the rights to health, justice, culture, and security (Marion 118). I think addressing these women’s rights helps to bring back their strength and power through knowing the importance of the rights and understanding what women were deprived of. Secondly, it is giving out stories. According to the author, ”Families, survivors, and other witnesses have gifted us their stories and truths throughout the Inquiry’s Truth-Gathering Process”. (Marion 243). I think through the stories; they can remember their lost relatives, families, and friends.
Work Cited
Marion, Michele Audette, Qajaq Robinson & Brian Eyolfson. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls and Women Final Report. n.d. Report. Retrieved from: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Final_Report_Vol_1a-1.pdf