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NWTgroupsconsiderowninquiryintomissingwomenNativeWomensAssociationAGMfocusesonresponsestoviolenceTuesdaySeptember9201415JUSTICEMISSINGMURDEREDABORIGINALWOMENGetActiveGrantsNowAvailableApplyforfundingtohelpyourcommunitygrouporganizethreephysicalactivityevents.Eventsmustbefreeandopentothepublic.ApplyforthreeElderseventsandreceive1000.Applyforthreephysicalactivityeventsandreceive750.SomepasteventshaveincludedNordicwalkingDenegamesEldersteaandcrosscountryskiingevents.DeadlinetoapplyonlineisOctober16th2014atwww.nwtrpa.orgorcall867.669.8375formoreinformationByDALICARMICHAELRepresentativesfromacrosstheterritoryputtheissueofmissingandmur-deredAboriginalwomenattheforefrontofdiscussionsduringtheNorthwestTerri-toriesNativeWomensAsso-ciationsNWA36thannualgeneralmeetingheldonSept.6inYellowknife.Amidtalksofrevitalizingtheassociationandincreas-ingitsoutreacheffortsdel-egatesrepeatedlyreturnedtothetopicofviolenceincom-munitiesandhowithasbeenaddressedbygovernmentsandpoliceofcers.Nativewomencontinuetobegrosslyoverrepre-sentedamongallthewomenwhogomissingandaremurderedinCanadaeachyearsaidJenniferHunt-PoitrastheNWAsformerinterimexecutivedirec-torinareport.Theyareatleastthreetimesmorelikelythannon-Aborigi-nalwomentobevictimsofviolentcrimes.Aswell90percentofchildreninfostercareintheNWTareAboriginal.Iftheseissuesaretobeaddressedeffec-tivelyitisimperativethatweheardirectionfromna-tivewomenthemselves.DeneNationalChiefandNWTregionalchieffortheAssemblyofFirstNationsBillErasmuswaspresenttocommentontheissue.WeretakingthisveryseriouslyErasmussaid.WefeelthatwecanhelptotaketheleadfromtheNorth.Erasmuspresentedmem-bersoftheNWAwithapotentialplantobuildanationalinquirylookingintomissingandmurderedAboriginalwomencreatedbyFirstNationsgroupsaninitiativehesaidissup-portedonterritorialna-tionalandeveninterna-tionallevels.Theidea-currentlyinitsmostpreliminarystage-wouldbetocreateare-searchcommissionbasedonneedsexpressedbyAborigi-nalwomenthatwouldtravelacrossthecountry.Tokeepthecommissionrunningregionalgroupswouldbeexpectedtopro-videresourcesforitfromfinancialsupporttophysi-calspacetoconductthein-vestigationcollectevidenceandtestimony.Theprojectwasrstini-tiatedattheDeneNationalAssemblyheldearlierthissummerinFortSmithEras-mussaid.ThiswayweempowerourselvesErasmussaid.Wecontrolitwesetupthemandateandthenwedeterminewhathappensafterwards.AlsopresentattheAGMwasRCMPSgt.BarryLedouxwhosharedthataRCMPprojectisunder-wayinpartnershipwiththeofficeofthechiefcor-onertoobtainstatisticsonmissingandmurderedAboriginalwomenwithintheterritory.Wewanttoassureyouthatwehavebeenwork-ingonthisforsometimeLedouxsaid.Hedidnotsaywhenthefindingswouldbereleased.YellowknifeCentreMLARobertHawkinsalsoattendedtheAGMandex-pressedhisandNWTPre-mierBobMcLeodssupportforaninquiry.LookingtowardsthefutureInadditiontodiscussionsonmissingandmurderedwomenoneofthemaingoalsofthisyearsAGMwastoes-tablishastrategicplanfortheassociationlookingintothefuture.InaworkshopheldthedaybeforetheAGMNWAboardmembersandstaffes-tablishedthreeprirotygoalstobecompletedoverthenextthreeyears.Theboardhopestoim-provecommunicationandrelationshipswithNWAmembersthroughincreasedoutreachandsocialmediawhichstartedwiththebroadcastingoftheentireAGMonline.NWAalsoaimstode-liverbetterprogramsandservicestowomenintheregionoverthenextthreeyearsandtosecurere-sourcesbothfinancialandotherinordertode-velopcapacitywithintheorganization.Thiswouldincludefind-ingwaystogeneratefundsanewinitiativefortheorganization.TheNWAanarmofthenationalorganizationNativeWomensAssociationofCan-adaNWACwillbehostinganupcomingWalkingWithOurSisterseventtobeheldinYellowknifethisJanuary.Aplanningmeetingfortheeventwhichshowcasesthousandsofmoccasinup-persmadeinhonourofmiss-ingandmurderedAboriginalwomenwillbeheldattheNWAheadquartersinYel-lowknifeonSept.10.Towatchthefullpro-ceedingsoftheAGMheadtohttpwww.ustream.tvchannelnwt-news