She is a member of the Mistawasis First Nation in Saskatchewan who has been a leading force in Indigenous rights advocacy and she is being recognized for her work at the annual Top 25 Women of Influence Awards.
Marion Buller, who now lives in British Columbia, was the Chief Commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Co-CEO of the organization Women of Influence, Stephania Varalli, says Buller was chosen as one of the 25 influencers specifically for her work with the inquiry, but also for her body of work, including her efforts to initiate the First Nations Courts in B.C. in 2006.
The federal government is expected to release its national action plan to respond to the national inquiry by this summer.
The government’s website says to date, more than 2-thousand family members and survivors of violence accessed the inquiry’s short-term aftercare services.
The Top 25 Women of Influence Awards are being handed out in Toronto March 6th.

Other Women of Influence award winners are clean water advocate, 15 year old Autumn Peltier and entertainer, Jann Arden who most recently debuted a women-led comedy TV series.
She will also be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards in Saskatoon on March 15th.