Thousands of murdered and missing indigenous women are victims of a decades-long Canadian genocide, a major report has claimed.
Indigenous women faced a high level of violence through 'state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies', the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls found.
The $92million report, titled Reclaiming Power And Place, was done over two and a half years and looked into the causes of violence towards indigenous women and girls.
Indigenous women faced a high level of violence in Canada, with the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls branding it the 'Canadian genocide'. The review cam about after pressure over the murder of schoolgirl Tina Fontaine (pictured on a canvas with her uncle and aunt Joe and Thelma Favel) in 2014
Tina Fontaine, who was an indigenous schoolgirl, was failed by the system created to help her, according to a Canadian children's advocate.
Her death in 2014 brought calls for an inquiry into the spiraling numbers of indigenous women and girls being killed or going missing in Canada.
The teenager's body was found in Winnipeg's Red River in August, 2014, after a week-long manhunt for her.
The 15-year-old was found dead in a blanket that had been weighed down by rocks.
In March, it was revealed in a report that she was not able to get help from services she was entitled to and clearly needed.
Manitoba child and youth advocate Daphne Penrose released a review into Tina's life and concluded: 'At times, particularly in the final months of her life, some of these services were unavailable, not easily accessible, or ill-coordinated, which did not provide the supports and interventions she desperately needed.'
It is due to be released today but a copy was leaked to Canada's CBC News, which said: 'We do know that thousands of Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual) have been lost to the Canadian genocide to date.
'The fact that First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples are still here and that the population is growing should not discount the charge of genocide.'
Victims' families have been questioning why up to 4,000 indigenous women were murdered or have gone missing over the past 30 years.
The 1,200-page final review will be officially released today at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He has made it a government priority to reconcile with Canada's 1.6million indigenous peoples.
Yet the report still contains 231 recommendations, according to CBC, and only came about after years of lobbying by native leaders, activists and victims' families.
Its website says: 'For far too long, Indigenous women and girls have been publicly devalued or ignored.
The $92million report, titled Reclaiming Power And Place, was done over two and a half years and looked into the causes of violence towards indigenous women and girls. Pictured: Canadian First Nations occupy the Old City Hall in protest to diverse social issues they are facing. A large banner referring to Tina Fontaine murder 'on stolen land'
Victims' families (pictured during the third annual Women's March in Vancouver in january) have
