STORY: Invisible No More: Spotlight on the Once Silent MMIW Crisis – Native News Online
TODAY: National Day Of Awareness For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women
Visit: www.mmiw-gic.com
Lara Trace Hentz
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STORY: Invisible No More: Spotlight on the Once Silent MMIW Crisis – Native News Online
TODAY: National Day Of Awareness For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women
Visit: www.mmiw-gic.com
Keep up the awareness.
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Thank you, I will do my best.
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so sad!
where are the investigations?
i missed any mention of the perpetrators,
who must face justice.
may the women feel safe.
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The perps could be anyone – police, serial killers, freaks… so far it’s a mystery
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this article sounds true
from my career working on the Rez:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-this-survivor-is-fighting-sexual-assault-in-navajo-nation
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That looks like a powerful campaign, Lara. I hope it gets the attention it deserves over there.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s been going on a long time Pete.
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Nobody, man or woman should be subject to abuse. And that means every human on this planet. Yet this disgusting behaviour is endemic. Okay I am ranting a bit but surely with our current level of civilisation this should not happen
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I agree completely yet it was not considered important… but it is.
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That there are so many we need a day is hideous. Not to put the onus on native peoples, but I think many non-natives just don’t know what we could or should do to help and not hinder native efforts… I hope such groups as this will neither relent in pressure, nor cease in suggesting (strongly) what is needed from the rest of us…”hope and prayers” won’t cut here. Keep telling us where to push…
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I am still wrapping my mind around this issue KC. Who is killing? The majority of women and girls are full blood, in the terminology, who are missing and murdered. They would be the future mothers of future generations. It appears to be a pattern.
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So it would seem… I only hope there is some profiler somewhere seeking to connect the dots…and with so many jurisdictions, there are political complications ready made to obstruct any well-intended investigation. Maybe it is time to revise how law enforcement is executed on land that is under the federal oversight umbrella…a new cooperation agreement native groups can help craft if only for the exceptional purpose of tribal emergencies.
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Exactly, KC. And it looks very positive this might happen. The sad thing is – no one really knows how many people (women and girls) are missing and murdered at this moment. They didn’t keep data on it.
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Ah, but as long as relatives remember… Someone needs to speak to the tribes and reacquire the information. Even if it is in any way not prosecutable, it needs to be noted as part of the puzzle. And it needs to be done by someone everyone trusts to caretake the information until a chief investigator is in charge…
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I will discuss this with friends in the US and Canada – there are too many dots at this point!
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One more thing… tribes could try contacting retired law enforcement groups like http://coldcasecrimes.org/index.html which may have more interest, time, and cross-pollinating expertise to help out. It’s just another angle…
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Brilliant!
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Reblogged this on charles french words reading and writing and commented:
This is a deeply important post from Lara Trace Hentz.
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I can’t help but think of the way hate crimes (never far from the surface in U.S. history) have been enabled, even celebrated in this new wave of far right nationalism.
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Laura, it’s in the toolbox of tricks. Bad history can make things very ugly. (And these women are truly hunted and then murdered). Most of the bodies are not recovered. Which means investigations don’t happen.
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