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A short film about the missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis in Big Horn County will be available for streaming on YouTube on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
May 5 is a national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP), who experience violence at disproportionately high rates. It s also Hanna Harris birthday. Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was killed in 2013. Say Her Name will also premiere on Wednesday online as part of Native News Online s Crisis in Indian Country forum. Panelists include Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Chairwoman Shelly Fyant, attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle and Coushatta Tribal Chairman David Sickey. Visit Native News Online s Facebook page at 5 p.m. on Wednesday to watch.
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Close 5 THINGS TO KNOW: What is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls? Derrick James
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The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center details National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls. More information can be found by visiting www.niwrc.org
1. When is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls and what is it about?Â
May 5. This day of observance shines a light on the staggering number of abducted and murdered Indigenous women and girls.Â
2. What are the numbers?Â
Available data from the U.S. Department of Justice indicates that Native women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average murder rate, there are more than 5,000 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and that 55 percent of Native women have experienced domestic violence.
Centuries of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples
Native American cultures, languages, lands and lives were all systematically and forcibly taken through colonization. Our ancestors endured genocide and assimilation for more than five centuries.
Today, there is ample evidence that genocide still occurs through the inhumane conditions on reservations, the jurisdictional issues that prevent the prosecution of non-Native perpetrators on tribal lands and ignoring the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis.
The Connection to Domestic and Sexual ViolenceDomestic violence isn’t a Native American tradition; it is a symptom of colonization that continues to this day.
Through colonization, Native women were devalued by non-Native people. They were degraded, they were attacked and raped. Acts that still continue today. Tribal communities still experience high rates of rape and sexual assault, largely committed by non-Native perpetrators. Native women are sexualized in