Perry Bellegarde

Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, and Amnesty International are among the organizations keeping tabs on Canada's inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

The Tootoos, a prominent family in Canada’s North, are far from alone in their struggles with alcohol, but their battles have been very public as a result of both fame and tragedy.

"You guys didn’t do an adequate job," said Bellegarde on Wednesday in a speech to police chiefs from across the country.

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and the Native Women's Association of Canada are chalking up their exclusion to discrimination from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.