The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) will hold an opinion tribunal investigating Canada’s role in the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous children in Montreal in May 2026.

The opinion tribunal will be hosted by Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal and will include testimonies to determine whether Canada committed genocide and crimes against humanity — backed by roughly 2,000 pieces of evidence, according to the organizers.

Kwetiio, a member of the Mohawk Mothers or Kanien’keha:ka Ka’nistensera, said, “We are the people that are going to guide this and our only want is healing.”

“In my language, there is no word for sorry, because that word sorry doesn’t mean anything,” Kwetiio added. “In our way, when you did something wrong, you fix it.”

Growing up in , Kwetiio heard countless stor

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