Aboriginal women more likely to suffer violent death, RCMP says

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/aboriginal-women-more-likely-to-suffer-violent-death-rcmp-says-1.2644827


Also:
Number of murdered, missing aboriginal women surprises top Mountie
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/number-of-murdered-missing-aboriginal-women-surprises-top-mountie-1.2645674

I've been doing some reading lately about murdered and missing people in my area and was surprised at how many were aboriginal women. I am at least glad to hear that the solve rate is the same, but this is clearly a huge issue. I'm not sure what can be done, other than to concentrate on lifting aboriginal women out of poverty, since that could be one of the issues. According to Wab Kinew on CBC as well as some of the statistics gathered by the RCMP, it's not because things like domestic violence are worse among aboriginals (it's lower, actually) so we have to do some studying to find out what it is. I'd really like there to be an inquiry.