Getting Real about Missing and Murdered Indigenious Women/Girls (MMIWG/MMIR)
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Native American women are murdered at more than ten times the national average; however, BIPOC Women receive less media attention.
May 5 is the National Day of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Colette Yellow Robe, Ph.D., Joins me in a conversation to discuss the history, heartache, and hope for the justice of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/Girls and their Relatives.
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Dr. Yellow Robe recommends the following websites:
https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/
https://www.greatplainsaction.org/about
Some of the articles discussed and websites you can also use to educate and donate:
https://www.nicoa.org/inadequate-data-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls/
https://www.niwrc.org/mmiwnatlweek22
https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/nyregion/lauren-smith-fields-bumble-date-investigation.html
https://blackandmissinginc.com/
https://raskin.house.gov/press-releases?ID=6662F483-78BE-4E23-B1B1-EBB692C7D4A3
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