The song that concludes the end of Act 1 in The Unnatural and Accidental Women, written by

Marie Clements, connects readers to gather a further understanding, in a poetic manner, of the
themes introduced in the first act. The song relates to the themes that are introduced in the first
Act as the song discusses that Indigenous women experience connections through their similar
struggles, that killings of Indigenous women are not just past occurrences, and that these women
are connected through the manner of which they died.
The poetic women’s song explores the real-life experiences that Indigenous women have
suffered. As the song mentions repeatedly, “Do I hear you sister like yesterday today”(58), this
displays that traumatic experiences that Indigenous women have suffered did not occur only in
the past but is also occurring currently. It suggests that Indigenous women suffer continuously.
As Sara mentioned, it is crucial to acknowledge the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous
Women, as this sets an example that Indigenous women continue to suffer fatal and mysterious
deaths and disappearances.
Furthermore, the women’s song suggests that Indigenous women are all connected through their
traumas and death, which are similar to one another. Not only are the women in the song
connected through their experiences in life, but as well as their culture. “See you as if you were
sitting right here next to me” (63) discusses that these women all share the same fate, and that
they are connected through their struggles and deaths,
In conclusion, I agree with Sara that through the experience the Indigenous women have faced,
that they are bonded and connected through their deaths and tragedies. The women’s song also
acknowledges that these experiences that Indigenous women face did not happen only in the past
but is occurring today as well.
Works Cited:
Clements, Marie. The Unnatural and Accidental Women. Available from: VitalSource
Bookshelf, Talonbooks, 2005.