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\"Strength\"Ask anyone, anywhere, \u201cwhat\u2019s the deal with all the missing First Nations women,\u201d and I guarantee that the only answers you\u2019ll get in return are shrugged shoulders, or an \u201c I dunno really.\u201d Despite plaguing Facebook and news pages for weeks, I continue to hear few answers explaining what is going on, what it all means, or what the current situation is. All that people can really tell me, is that First Nations women continue to go missing, and nothing is really being done to stop it.<\/p>\n

People have heard that Aboriginal women are four times more likely to be killed than non-Aboriginal women in Canada. That they make up over 25% of the Canadian female homicide victims. That\u2019s huge. And as expected, there\u2019s quite a bit of local outrage over the way the Aboriginal Affairs Minister responded, declaring that communities simply need to take greater responsibility for their missing and murdered women. He identified an overall lack of respect for women and girls on reserves, saying that needs to change. RCMP officers identify that 30% of Aboriginal female homicides involve acquaintances of the victim. Where \u201cacquaintances\u201d is defined as \u201ccloser friends, neighbors, authority figures, business relationships, criminal friendships, and people who don\u2019t fit one of the previous stated categories\u201d\u2026 aka- anyone and everyone who lives in a small First Nations community, as populations are as low as 600 people. And when you ask people from these communities about the overall health, they\u2019ll say \u201coh yeah, well our health is really good these days. I mean, we\u2019re still technically labeled in a state of emergency, but that\u2019s just because of those two murder suicides we had last year.\u201d It\u2019s all something I cannot wrap my head around.<\/p>\n

\"CrewHeli\"I grew up with two sisters and a brother. A stay home mom who went back to work when the youngest was four. I didn\u2019t know any hippies, or feminists. But everyone in our household was treated equally. Everyone held the same expectations. No excuses, no exceptions. Turns out, my parents raised three tough girls. So when APTN\u2019s director of Playing with Fire asked me \u201cHow come there aren\u2019t more women in the fire program?\u201d I was genuinely stumped. I couldn\u2019t think of a reason why more girls weren\u2019t participating in the best paying, most enriching and exciting summer job I\u2019d ever stumbled upon. I think I responded with something like \u201cI guess the work can be pretty tough sometimes,\u201d not sounding convinced that my response answered the question at all.<\/p>\n

\"2female_rookies\"I actually thought about that question for days after the interview, still coming up blank every time. \u201cHow come there aren\u2019t more women in the fire program?\u201d As I looked around, every girl I saw was a strong girl: cutting trail all day with a chainsaw; an adventurous girl: finding treasures in the burn while doing mop up; an independent girl: leading her team of boys through the forest and to safety. It took me a while to realize that I am constantly surrounded by the same type of girl. Few and far between are the girls in my life who hate bugs. Who need their luxuries. Who don\u2019t want to work hard. Who don\u2019t see the point in needing to keep up or wanting to be one of the boys. I am so fortunate to be constantly surrounded by strong, empowered, and independent women.<\/p>\n

I was a female rookie crewmember, along side another female rookie crewmember. Sometimes I wonder how my crew leader and crew boss felt that year, knowing they would be training and fighting fire with two girls in their early twenties. I\u2019ve worked alongside a few different girls in the program since, and can honestly say, I\u2019ve yet to meet one who works as hard as we did in that first year, always striving to bust the image of two weak, useless female rookies. It was completely our own prerogative, and maybe a bit of unspoken competition between us, but regardless the reason, we both have stuck around the program, and have both assumed roles of respected deadly women on base.<\/p>\n

\"RootCutting\"So when I hear about these headlines, of missing and murdered women, my brain does not compute. While some people feel anger, or disgust, confusion, indifference, embarrassment\u2026 I feel disbelief. I\u2019m baffled. Speechless. Numb. I don\u2019t understand why this is happening. Where are all the deadly women, who are standing up for what they believe? Who are being treated and know that they deserve the same respect as every man surrounding them? I don\u2019t understand how the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs can wave a hand and conclude that it\u2019s all part of the intergenerational violence and trauma portrait. How does that justify this continued behavior? If we can\u2019t rid of excess violence and maltreatment of women, we should be focusing our attention on empowerment, no? I don\u2019t understand how my federal government can say that an inquiry into the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women is something that they aren\u2019t interested in. In a nation that claims to support and promote equality, does that statement not completely disregard the pretenses for equal treatment?<\/p>\n

\"Kira_PKLK\"At the end of the day, I understand that no amount of collected stats that quantify the frequency of missing or murdered women will control its occurrence. And I understand that intergenerational violence and trauma, and learned behavior are factors that will never be eliminated by a snap of someone\u2019s fingers. But I would like to see more empowerment. More strong female role models, representing our gender as independent and unbreakable. Who aren\u2019t afraid to speak their minds, stand up for their beliefs, and kick some ass.<\/p>\n

\"Hazelton_RED\"I\u2019d like to call on all deadly women. It\u2019s time to step up and represent. It\u2019s time to demand respect and honour. Not because we need a movement, or a parade. Just because we need to remember that women are strong, capable, independent, and amazing. Because sometimes we forget this. Because we all need someone in our lives who inspires us to run a little faster, jump a little higher, and work a little harder. So that when I ask \u201cwhat\u2019s the deal with all the missing First Nations women,\u201d I can\u2019t wait to hear someone tell me \u201cyeah, those were messed-up times.\u201d And when I get asked, \u201chow come there aren\u2019t more women in the fire program?\u201d I can\u2019t wait respond with a furrowed brow, confused look, and say \u201cwhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

Author Ariel Root<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is currently in Kenora in her fourth season working as a forest fire fighter for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. \u00a0She has a BSc in Food Science & Nutrition from 杏吧原创 University in 2012, and is currently a graduate student in the Health Science, Technology and Policy program at 杏吧原创 University. She has been featured on APTN’s new hit TV show, Playing with Fire, Season 2.<\/p>\n

Come back for next week’s instalment.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Photos by Ariel Root<\/p>\n

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