OUR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, and TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE
There is a crisis at hand that almost no one knows about.
In
15
years of conflict in Iraq, the number of US fatalities =
4,541
In
2016
alone, the number of MMIWG cases reported in the US =
5,712
“That should provide pause and context.”
Tom Rogers, Executive Vice President, Global Indigenous Council
Then…
5,712
American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls were reported missing in 2016, but the number of cases logged with the Department of Justice =
116
… and…
Indigenous women face a murder rate that is
10x
the
national
average.
What will we do now knowing this?
Source: Department of Justice report Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN and GIRLS
A determination for Truth and Justice has given rise to Mobilization.
Indigenous Women and Girls across North America are raising awareness by painting “hands of blood” across their mouths messaging,
“No longer shall we be silenced.”
Lorie Shaull
The so-called ‘mysterious’ disappearance of women and girls from reservations, cities, and towns is not something new.
WHAT IS NEW…
For the first time this plight, and the enormity of it against Native American women and girls, is being noticed outside their families and friends.
Our Indigenous Sisters are bringing it into the Collective Consciousness as fellow Americans and as members of the Human race.
HANNA HARRIS
While many have died before her, the movement began with a young mother, 21 years old with a three-month-old child, member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana, who was reported missing on July 5th, 2013. She was found raped and murdered five days later; her remains in such poor condition that no cause of death could be determined.
The rapists were convicted.
Commemorating the lives of Hanna and all missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, documented and undocumented, Hanna’s birthday, May 5th, is designated by the US Senate as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native American Women and Girls.
Do your part.
May 5th, annually until the abuse ends, is National MMIWG Awareness Day.
Proclaiming a ‘national day’ is one of the first steps towards raising awareness of any plight. Long celebrated by Tribal Nations, now our entire nation is reminded on May 5th to reflect on these women and on this scar and still-open wound against our American sisters and brothers, and to help shift the needle towards meaningful and sustainable change.
Awareness of this Wound leads to an Outpouring of Truth, and then Healing.
Researching and recording missing and murdered women and girls in North America (MMIWG),
… expanded to 2-spirit people in all Indigenous communities world-wide (MMIWG2), then
… expanded to all missing and murdered persons and children (MMIP & MMIC).
And as do all Soldiers, each MMIP has a NAME, to be:
RECORDED – HONORED – REMEMBERED – PROTECTED
And they are definitely worth protecting.
PREVENTION BEFORE HARM
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