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This report uses available data and recent
interviews conducted with indigenous
women, social workers, and police
officers, to scrutinize the relationship
between indigenous women and girls and the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in
northern and rural communities in British
Colombia, Canada. The report highlights
authorities' failure to deal with the
disproportionately high rates of murdered
and missing indigenous women in Canada and
discusses the impact of residential
schools and systemic discrimination on
indigenous communities' relationships with
the RCMP. The report primarily focuses on
first-hand accounts of police abuse
involving indigenous women and girls, the
RCMP's failure to protect indigenous women
and girls, and the police force's lack of
accountability and inadequate complaint
and oversight procedures. The report also
provides a list of recommendations for the
RCMP and the Canadian federal and
provincial governments and examines how
the discussed failures intersect with
Canada's obligations under international
law.