Posted: Jun 03, 2021 3:51 PM ET | Last Updated: June 3 Pam Palmater, originally from Eel River Bar First Nation, says the use of the word 'evergreen' in relation to the MMIWG national action plan signifies the lack of a plan. (Lisa MacIntosh) Indigenous women's organizations and advocates say the newly released national action plan to end violence against Indigenous women and girls is not an adequate response to the crisis. "This is not a national action plan," Pamela Palmater, chair in Indigenous governance at Ryerson University in Toronto told CBC News. The plan, co-developed between federal and provincial governments, the National Families and Survivors Circle and several Indigenous partners, was released Thursday, the second anniversary of the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.