Chapter 6 of the MMIWG Inquiry Report defines health as a human right and examines how the four pathways of colonial violence impacted the health of Indigenous people. When the right health is in jeopardy, so is safety. The first pathway of violence is historical trauma, including multigenerational and intergenerational. The removal of ancestors from … Continue reading “MMIWG ~ Chap 6: Right to Health”
Part Two of the MMIWG report focuses on Confronting Oppression. Chapter 5, the first of four in this section, looks at Right to Culture. Culture is defined as the sum total of material and spiritual activities which distinguish a given social group, including their ways of life, language, history, literature, belief systems, ceremonies, environments, and … Continue reading “MMIWG ~ Chap 5: Right to Culture”
Section 1, pages 89 to 320, of Volume 1a is named Establishing a New Framework. Introductory reflections and summaries of the compelling first four chapters are posted in June and July blogs. They are: Centring Relationships to End Violence, Indigenous Recognitions of Power and Place, Emphasizing Accountability through Human Rights Tools, and Colonization as Gendered … Continue reading “Back to MMIWG Report – Encountering Oppression”
