1. Native Crime Statistics & Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

2. Native Crime Statistics and Facts:
Native people in Canada make up 4% of the population and 23% of the federal prison population
In , Canada’s overall incarceration rate was 140 per 100,000 adults; the incarceration rate for Native adults is estimated to be 10 times higher
Since , there has been a 43.5% increase in the federal Native inmate population, compared to a 9.6% increase in non-Native inmates
Native women represent 33% of all federally sentenced women in Canada

3. Native Crime Statistics and Facts:
In Saskatchewan, 70% of the inmates were Native compared to 8% in the provincial population
Native people accused of crimes are more likely to be denied bail
Crime rates on reserves are three times higher than in the rest of Canada
A Native person is 10 times more likely to be accused of a homicide
Lawyers spend less time with Native clients than non-Native clients, particularly in isolated communities

4. Factors Contributing to High Native Crime Rates
Effects of the residential school system
Experience in the child welfare or adoption system
Effects of the dislocation of Native peoples
Family or community history of suicide, substance abuse and/or victimization
Loss of, or struggle with, cultural/spiritual identity
Level or lack of formal education
Poverty and poor living conditions
Exposure to/membership in, Native street gangs

5. Violence Against Native Women
24% of Native women in Canada reported having been assaulted by a current or former spouse, compared to 7% of non-Native women
In 2002, the rate of sexual assault in Nunavut was 96 for every 10,000 people compared to the overall rate in Canada of 7.8 in every 10,000 people
Native women have also been found to be greatly over-represented as sex trade workers compared to non-Native women

6. In the 2015 election, the Liberal Party promised to “immediately launch a national public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada”
Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said the issue is “way bigger” than the nearly 1,200 cases of missing and murdered women and girls in Canada counted by the RCMP

7. The numbers are high enough that it becomes easy to think of these women as merely statistics. Your job is to put a face to some of the names and share the details of their individual cases. Use the database of missing and murdered Native women compiled by the CBC:
Select three women and create a Google slideshow that includes:
The name of the woman
A picture of the woman
5-6 point form details of her life and death/disappearance
Use one slide for each woman (three in total). Share with Mr. Soulis when you are done.

8. Shannon Alexander
Shannon is 17 and went missing from Maniwaki, Quebec on Sept th, 2008
Shannon disappeared along with a friend and the police considered them runaways
The police have since changed their status to missing
The Kitigan Zibi First Nation held a press conference, put up posters, and searched the area
Shannon is described by family as “very helpful, outgoing, a loving person, and she cared about everyone.”