The Experiences of Indigenous Persons

• Indigenous people are what in and at all stages of the criminal justice system?

  Indigenous persons are disproportionately represented as both victims and offenders at all stages of the criminal justice system.
• What is the rate of violent victimisation among Indigenous peoples?

  The rate of violent victimisation among Indigenous peoples are double that of those who are not Indigenous. While Indigenous peoples only represent 4% of the total Canadian population in 2006, they make up of 27% of homicide victims in 2009.
• How is the living state of Indigenous peoples reflected in Canadian society?

  The living state of Indigenous people are reflected in: pervasive poverty, high rates of unemployment, low levels of formal education, and high rates of death from accidents and violence. Additionally, on nearly every measure of health and well-being they average worse than other populations.
• What makes Indigenous peoples twice more likely to be targets for gang recruitment?What are the statistics?

  Indigenous peoples are twice more likely to be targets for gang recruitment as more than half of Indigenous students fail to graduate from high school. Moreover, the unemployment rate is also twice that of non-Indigenous peoples. In Manitoba, Indigenous youth make up 23% of the general population, but 84% of youth are sentenced in custody.
• Where did Indigenous peoples' political and economic condition come from?

  The subordinate political and economic condition of Indigenous peoples is a consequence of their colonisation by Europeans of Canadian government policies that have exerted control over every aspects of Indigenous life.
• What was a significant contributer to the political and economic condition of Indigenous peoples?

  The significant contributer to the political and economic condition of Indigenous peoples was the residential school system that was operated by the government from the late 1880s until the 1990s.