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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.14,0:00:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My cousin Tanya Holyk went missing in 1996.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.52,0:00:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was one of the unlucky ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.52,0:00:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her DNA was found on Pickton's farm,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.03,0:00:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a missing auntie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.56,0:00:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name is Belinda Williams.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.04,0:00:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she's been missing since 1977.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.44,0:00:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to raise awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.12,0:00:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the alarming high rates of violence against First Nations women and girls across canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.72,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the high alarming rates of missing and murdered First Nations women across canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.62,0:01:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to promote First Nation women role models,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.53,0:01:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give aboriginal youth, teens, girls, and all women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.30,0:01:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone to look up to in our communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.01,0:01:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have 20 beautiful First Nations women backing me up on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.98,0:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have a good support system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.73,0:01:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're calling ourselves Butterflies In Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.09,0:01:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it appalling that it continues to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.13,0:01:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it disturbing that the agencies won't admit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.60,0:01:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit of racial discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.97,0:01:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might've been a deciding factor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.84,0:01:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in them investigating or not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.01,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these were aboriginal women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I really believe that the system
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.44,0:01:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the justice system in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.39,0:01:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really has to take a look at how it deals with its aboriginal population.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.32,0:01:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I believe that this is an important cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.69,0:02:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I volunteer and organize with a group of women,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.62,0:02:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Aboriginal Women's Action Network,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.03,0:02:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we believe there can not be a meaningful outcome from the Oppal Commission,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.90,0:02:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in light of the fact that the Native Courtworkers and Counseling Association of BC,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.74,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Union of BC Chiefs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.50,0:02:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Carrier Sekani,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.21,0:02:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NWAC [Native Women's Association of Canada]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.48,0:02:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power of Women Group,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.93,0:02:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many other groups
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.62,0:02:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been shut out of this process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.66,0:02:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frontline women's organizations are not able to participate in the missing women's inquiry
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.66,0:02:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were shut out,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.50,0:02:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were given standing, but then not given any funding to have lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.97,0:02:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't participate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.50,0:02:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of us are lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.50,0:02:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of us are able to cross-examine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.47,0:02:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and none of us are able to review a million pages of documentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.61,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So unfortunately, we have not been able to participate in any particularly meaningful way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.42,0:03:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well we've been doing a variety of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.45,0:03:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of which is, um, talking to people, attending rallies, um,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.92,0:03:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really talking about the inability of all of us not to be able to participate,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.63,0:03:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also thinking about how women might want to come forward
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.83,0:03:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it were in an easier place to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.44,0:03:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, that, now that we have attended days of the inquiry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.04,0:03:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really apparent that this is not a safe place for women to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.58,0:03:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So unfortunately between not being able to because of lack of legal advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.92,0:03:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as well as a place that really isn't accessible to many women
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.32,0:03:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, you know, they haven't for 10 years wanted to come forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.56,0:03:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they may very well not want to come forward now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.10,0:04:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Women's Warrior Song]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.43,0:04:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I often wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.82,0:04:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what hope is there?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.75,0:04:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're still here!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's hope!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.82,0:04:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Women's Warrior Song...]