Photograph by Jiah Dzentu Sibbeston
2. On the Land Housing
We demand on the land housing. After decades of calls for action, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls found that among the root causes of this inordinate violence is insecure housing and homelessness. To build a deep connection to home, we demand on the land, off-grid communities for Indigenous women and girls with access to safe, secure, affordable, culturally relevant wrap around support services.
A safe community of women-focused, on-the-land camps where Indigenous women can access a sense of home in a safe community environment, as well as participate in on-the-land activities
Indigenous women and girls across canada are disproportionately impacted by domestic and other forms of structural violence, often leading to a choice between living in a threatening situation or losing their access to shelter. In response, we seek to prevent homelessness and unsheltered living for young Indigenous women as summarized in the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) in canada. The project explored the Dene way of life to determine spatial needs of the community. Following the team?s demand that funding for housing be given to Northern Indigenous People, they aimed to understand what effective housing may look like for unsheltered, young, single, indigenous women. These include culturally specific ways of food processing and outdoo...