The Canada Palestine Association, stands in unwavering solidarity with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Movement (MMIWG) and all the steadfast Indigenous communities resisting the ongoing violence, genocide, and systemic erasure of their people. We see in your struggle the same forces of oppression, colonization, and dehumanization that have sought to destroy our own existence, culture, and land. Together, we face the silence of the media, the complicity of state institutions, and the violence of systems designed to erase us.
The genocide and ethnic cleansing faced by Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island (North America) mirror the atrocities endured by Palestinians under decades of occupation, displacement, and violence. Both of our peoples have suffered the theft of land, the destruction of homes, the desecration of sacred sites, and the deliberate targeting of our women, children, and future generations. The violence against Indigenous women and girls—rooted in colonialism, racism, and patriarchy—resonates deeply with the experiences of Palestinian women, who face similar systemic violence, unlawful detention and erasure under occupation and apartheid.
We also recognize the role of media silence in perpetuating these crimes. The lack of global attention to the genocide in Palestine and the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women is not an oversight but a deliberate act of erasure. This silence enables the continuation of ethnic cleansing, allowing the world to look away as our peoples are dispossessed, displaced, and killed. The media’s failure to amplify our struggles is a tool of oppression, denying us the justice and accountability we deserve.
Furthermore, we condemn the police violence that Indigenous communities face, a violence that mirrors the brutality of Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians. From the militarized policing of Indigenous lands to the extrajudicial killings of Indigenous people, these acts of state violence are not isolated incidents but part of a broader system of colonial control and domination. Just as Palestinian lives are devalued and criminalized under occupation, Indigenous lives are targeted and marginalized by settler-colonial states.
We are deeply grateful to be living on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories and homeland of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We acknowledge the stewardship of these lands by Indigenous peoples since time immemorial and recognize the ongoing impacts of colonization on their communities. This acknowledgment is not merely symbolic but a call to action to honor Indigenous sovereignty, support their struggles for justice, and work toward decolonization in all its forms.
We recognize that the struggle for justice, dignity, and liberation is interconnected. Just as Indigenous women and communities resist the ongoing legacy of colonialism, Palestinians continue to resist the settler-colonial project that seeks to erase our identity and deny our right to exist on our ancestral land. Your fight for truth, accountability, and healing is our fight. Your demand for justice is our demand.
In the spirit of shared resistance, we commit to standing alongside you in the fight against all forms of oppression. We pledge to amplify your voices, honor your stories, and support your calls for justice. Together, we will continue to expose and dismantle the systems of power that perpetuate violence against our peoples and work toward a future where all Indigenous and colonized peoples can live in freedom, dignity, and peace.
From Palestine to Turtle Island, our struggles are united. Your pain is our pain. Your strength is our strength. Your liberation is our liberation.
In grief, rage, and unbreakable solidarity,
Canada Palestine Association