It is still unclear whether these "no foul play" cases will be included. Indigenous leaders and advocates say dozens of cases where police determined there was no evidence of foul play must be included in a federal inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The lives of Indigenous women and girls are important — they should not be treated as anything less." "It's too simple for [police] to say there's no foul play involved," says National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations, reacting to the investigation's findings. (CBC)CBC News analyzed 32 deaths and two disappearances of Indigenous girls and women across Canada, in cases where authorities ruled there was no foul play involved.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2016 10:52 UTC