“Our women, girls, and two-spirts are being taken from us in an alarming way. As of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls…”

“Sixty-six out of 506 MMIWG cases that UIHI identified were tied to domestic and sexual violence. The youngest victim was a baby less than one year old. The oldest victim was an elder who was 83 years old…”

Abigail Andrews

Betsy Owens

Edina Smith

Jane Bernard

Rebecca Guno

Thelma Pete

Wendy Poole

Tanya Hill

Mary-Ann Birmingham

Some of them were as young as 15. Murdered.

Indigenous Women/girls are murdered 10x higher than all other ethnicities. Murder is the 3rd leading cause for Indigenous women, according to the CDC. More than 4 out of 5 Indigenous Women have experienced violence (84.3%) (National Institute of Justice Report,) and more than half Indigenous Women experience sexual violence (56.1%.)

Source: https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw

She is somebody’s daughter. Mother. Aunt. Niece. Grandmother. 5,712 missing Indigenous women as of 2016. Now, we have lost count.

May 5th is MMIW awareness day. Wear red for our stolen sisters.