New report shares steps to address epidemic of violence facing Indigenous women and girls
Native women and girls are more likely than other groups in Minnesota to be murdered or go missing.
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Dec 16, 2020
A participant in the Greater Than Fear rally in Rochester. A red hand across the mouth has become a symbolic representation of violence that affects Indigenous women.
Indigenous women and girls are disproportionately impacted by violence – they re more likely to be killed or go missing with their cases rarely being solved compared to other Minnesotans.
This epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls has been well known among Native American families for centuries and now it has been recognized by the state in a 163-page report released Tuesday by the state s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Task Force.