FELDSTED: The MMIWG Inquiry correctly identified colonialism as a root cause of indigenous tribal and family breakdown -- something that’s had a horrendous effect on indigenous peoples’ well-being -- but it failed to identify effects of the Indian Act
The most glaring deficiencies which occurred during the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIGW2S) is that it was biased, confrontational, contradictory, controversial, misandrist, racist and sexist. I say this because many, if not most of the ‘findings’ of the Commissioners, are applicable to men, women and gays of all cultures, not just to indigenous girls and women. Lack of shelter (homelessness) and poverty are universal maladies of our society. Lack of safe shelters for battered women is universal; we don’t have adequate facilities, particularly in remote areas. Discrimination against gays is universal; diminishing but still a problem. Lack of food (nutrition) is a result of poverty, not a separate problem. Sadly, the Inquiry correctly identified colonialism as a root cause of indigenous tribal and family breakdown -- something which has had a horrendous effect on indigenous peoples’ well-being -- but it failed...