Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Yes, in my workplace at the Native Women's Transition Centre, I work with a lot of abused women. I include myself. When I moved from my reservation and was running away from my abusive husband, I didn't have any money. I didn't have any place to go, so it was very easy for me to.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Yes, it is. For an aboriginal woman coming from the reserve, it would be really great and safe for them to get help from the band before they even move from the reserve. Even our youth who come for their education, it's easy for them to fall into drugs and alcohol when somebody i

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  In the first hour when somebody hasn't come home, some child or woman hasn't come home, or if some daughter hasn't come home, if the police reacted within that hour...because the first hour is the one that counts. If they were to support us, if we were able to trust them—remember

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Thank you. You'll have to talk up a little bit; I could hardly hear.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Thank you. My name is Marie Sutherland. I'm known as Waseskwan Biyesiw Iskwew. That's my Cree name. I work for the Native Women's Transition Centre, and I also work for two different high-risk groups. I am here to voice, as an elder, the violence against aboriginal women and gir