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not law enforcement

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sometimes police

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hospitalization

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family involvement

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incarceration

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Using drugs/ coke/ heroin in order to be incarcerated 

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Using drugs/ coke/ heroin in order to be incarcerated 

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Police

Hospitalization

Incarceration

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support of cultural and spiritual teachings and practices

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support of cultural and spiritual teachings and practices

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Assimilation, physical and mental abuse from Residential schools

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Assimilation, physical and mental abuse from Residential schools

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Survivors from these schools find themselves detached from their culture, communities, identities, and traditions

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May come from abusive and neglected families

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May come from abusive and neglected families

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Native Women's resource center of toronto

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Families are a pathway into trafficking. Sometimes will sexually abuse younger family members for money

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often things that are part of structural forces that oppress Indigenous Peoples - meaning they could clearly be of help

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Two-spirit and trans survivors face unique challenges, often misunderstood by both communities and support services.

Experiences of exclusion further isolate them, making them more susceptible to trafficking.

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victim blaming of two-spirit/trans victims

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victim blaming of two-spirit/trans victims

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Limited research and information when it comes to the experiences of two-spirited and trans Indigenous peoples when it comes to being trafficked, victim blaming

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breaking down the systemic barriers between Indigenous communities and Western Society

Acknowledging the indifference to begin

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It is usually too late when they realize that they are already caught up in it

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It is usually too late when they realize that they are already caught up in it

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The collective/intergenerational trauma of residential schools is one of the main pathways into trafficking. Abuse by parents seems to be a major pathways. Abuse could stem from parents experiences in residential schools causing a cycle of harm.

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The collective/intergenerational trauma of residential schools is one of the main pathways into trafficking. Abuse by parents seems to be a major pathways. Abuse could stem from parents experiences in residential schools causing a cycle of harm.

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Residential schools create lasting impacts on family dynamics

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Residential schools create lasting impacts on family dynamics

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Parent suffering trauma, not given the resources or taught how to parent or how healthy family dynamics should look

Internal oppression

Institutional abuse ingrained into survivors minds, leads to patterns of abuse and trauma

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a partnership of policing, healthcare, and other beneficial, powerful institutions

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agencies where ceremonies are available to participate in

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Indigenous women were the most vulnerable population, and presents with the most complex trauma and life circumstances.

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Being unclear with your identity

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Indigenous women and girls are oversexualized 

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Indigenous women and girls are oversexualized 

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Structural inequalities. Trafficking yourself for money due to lack of economic support and the results of colonization 

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Structural inequalities. Trafficking yourself for money due to lack of economic support and the results of colonization 

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trauma, substance abuse, addiction; lack of resources to leave situations or knowledge of how to find resources

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trauma, substance abuse, addiction; lack of resources to leave situations or knowledge of how to find resources

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the need to put Indigenous peoples into categories, labelling them as bi, lesbian etc more seen as labels for sexual orientation when two spirited is viewed as a cultural identity

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"Many factors increase the vulnerability of Indigenous girls to trafficking with studies showing thatmost are abused as children and many have been taken into the care of the state through Children’s Aid Societies (Grant, 2016)" 

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"Many factors increase the vulnerability of Indigenous girls to trafficking with studies showing thatmost are abused as children and many have been taken into the care of the state through Children’s Aid Societies (Grant, 2016)" 

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Indigenous children were sexually assaulted and sex trafficked while attending these schools.

Survivors are still traumatized from their experiences, with the trauma often being passed on to new generations, causing intergenerational trauma

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ignoring the validity of indigenous women's experiences due to negative stereotypes potraying indigenous women as dirty and promiscuous might cause integrated trauma for many indigenous women 

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ignoring the validity of indigenous women's experiences due to negative stereotypes potraying indigenous women as dirty and promiscuous might cause integrated trauma for many indigenous women 

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therapy

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The child welfare system seems to be a possible pathway

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The child welfare system seems to be a possible pathway

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For Officers - what to looks for

To provide proper support system in order to support successfully

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Indigenous Peoples want services that are led by Indigenous Peoples, communities, and agencies based on traditional values, knowledges, and practices.

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It begins with sexual abuse in childhood, which eventually leads to trafficking in adulthood.

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Long-Term Issues Caused by Colonization in Gender Diverse Communities.

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Long-Term Issues Caused by Colonization in Gender Diverse Communities.

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The Indian act was a strategic plan, made to destabilize Indigenous communities and identities.

In turn, the effects of residential schools, furthered this through the collective trauma caused by them.

In the long-term, the past violence experienced puts individuals at a much higher risk of future violence or, human trafficking.

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Colonial policies of seeing Indigenous Peoples as inferior to everyone else were used to justify land theft, which denied their prior existence on these lands, but also their humanity which continue to impact Indigenous Peoples to this day. Women were also seen as "promiscous" - "ongoing colonial racist and sexist stereotype of dirty, promiscuous, and deviant Indigenous women and girls, in other words the “squaw,” provides validation that these women and girls are sexually available which enables trafficking"

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Law enforcement or higher authority