Agnes Faye Whitefoot Lora was a wonderful dancer. As a child, she could accurately mimic all kinds of dances. If her grandpa seemed down, Agnes would jump into action to cheer him up.
Published May 14, 2021 Updated May 14, 2021, 12:52 pm CDT
Members of the Indigenous community woke up on May 6 to find their Instagram posts for National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls had disappeared. After months of planning and events leading up to May 5, the day of recognition, activists, educators, families, community organizations, and more had shared infographics, resources, and stories to help get the word about the epidemic of missing and murdered Native women, girls, relatives and Two Spirit Peoples on Instagram. Featured Video Hide
Stories were posted with several hashtags including “MMIW” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, “MMIR” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives or Relations, and “MMIWG2S” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People.
Celebrating Native American women
On this weekend edition of Indian Country Today, the Colville Tribes celebrate a milestone. And we salute the mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters and grandmothers.
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May 7, 2021
Rodney Cawston is the Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. He joins the show to talk about an important anniversary for all Native Americans.
On the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Mary Kathryn Nagle, who is Cherokee, joined the show to talk about the continuing crisis. Shari Pena, who is Cherokee, is a wife and the mother of four who has always wanted to have a large family. Shari said she and her husband Hyrum wanted to be foster parents long before they had biological children.
TORONTO Instagram says it has fixed a problem that saw the removal of multiple posts about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and other social justice movements from its platform, but the company’s explanation and apology fell short of satisfying some users. The issue came to light on Thursday as people noticed the disappearance of posts that had gone up on Wednesday, May 5, which is the national day of awareness of MMIWG in Canada, also known as Red Dress Day. The day was also recognized this year in the United States as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.