Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada

by Memee Lavell-Harvard (editor), Jennifer Brant (Editor)

The hidden crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada is both a national tragedy and a national shame. In this ground-breaking new volume, as part of their larger efforts to draw attention to the shockingly high rates of violence against our sisters, Jennifer Brant and D. Memee Lavell-Harvard have pulled together a variety of voices from the academic realms to the grassroots and front-lines to speak on what has been identified by both the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations as a grave violation of the basic human rights of Aboriginal women and girls. Linking colonial practices with genocide, through their exploration of the current statistics, root causes and structural components of the issue, including conversations on policing, media and education, the contributing authors illustrate the resilience, strength, courage, and spirit of Indigenous women and girls as they struggle to survive in a society shaped by racism and sexism, patriarchy and misogyny. This book was created to honour our missing sisters, their families, their lives and their stories, with the hope that it will offer lessons to non-Indigenous allies and supporters so that we can all work together towards a nation that supports and promotes the safety and well-being of all First Nation, Métis and Inuit women and girls.

Genres: Nonfiction, Indigenous, Feminism, Race, Crime, True Crime, Canada

308 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 13, 2016

Reviews

[Bronwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Indigenous women make up 4.3% of Canada's population and are 6x more likely to be victimized than any other women in Canada. Registered Indians didn't become Canadian CITIZENS until 1951, didn't get the vote until 1961 (federally). In Vancouver, Indigenous women make up around 50% of the sex trade, though they're less than 2% of the general population.

There is an 700+ km long highway in northern BC called the HIGHWAY OF TEARS because of how many indigenous women have been murdered/gone missing there.

WHAT THE EVER LIVING FUCK, CANADA? How can we call ourselves a first world country with this kind of shit going on?

This book explains just how all this shit has gone down and basically we're all turning a blind eye to it.

I don't know about you, but I'm mad.

Read this book.

[Tuesday]

I’m really disappointed by the inclusion of the piece by Vancouver Rape Relief that vehemently denies the perspectives, theory, and autonomy so many Indigenous sex workers actively contribute to in order to name and prevent the specific violence that’s perpetuated against them.

I’d recommend further research into Indigenous women and Two-Spirit folks’ criticism of Vancouver Rape Relief and the exclusion against trans women and sex workers they perpetuate. Here’s a good place to start! https://noterfsnoswerfs.com/2019/03/0...

[Mikayla Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a hard book to read but it was a good book. A collection of thoughts, articles, and poems about the missing and murdered Indigenous women on Canada. This is one of the biggest challenges that Canada needs to face as a nation. Canada needs to protect its women, specifically their Indigenous women, and as this book proves. They have been doing a terrible job this far.

[Juliette Sarrazin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5
It's a very important book, a very important subject. It brings up the fact and the reality of the indigenous women without shying away from them. I definitely recommend to read it. People need to know.

The poems at the end are so beautiful.

[Victoria · Rating 2 out of 5]

En general es un libro muy interesante que proporciona información de suma importancia. Se volvió un poco repetitivo de capitulo a capitulo, culpo a la composición como compilado de ensayos. En algunos ensayos se asume que se conoce el contexto histórico y legal lo cual hace que no sea un buen libro introductorio.