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A thread: Links, resources and websites to educate and inform yourself on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls epidemic in the US and Canada.
#MMIW #MMIWG #WeDemandMore

Here are a few videos that address the rising issue of MMIW cases:

These are reports and studies of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls: https://www.uihi.org/resources/?_sfm_rel_projects=15120

Resources – Urban Indian Health Institute

We offer many resources to other urban Indian-serving organizations, decisionmakers, legislative partners, the community, and more.

https://www.uihi.org/resources/?_sfm_rel_projects=15120

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/a-new-study-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-highlights-challenges/

Study on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Highlights Challenges

Little attention is paid to the alarming number of Indigenous women and girls who disappear or are murdered each year. A new report released by the Urban Indian Health Institute aims to shed light on...

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/a-new-study-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-highlights-challenges/

Some petitions you can sign to help fight for missing and murdered indigenous women... https://www.change.org/p/donald-j-trump-mmiw-missing-murdered-indigenous-women

Sign the Petition

MMIW (MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN)

https://www.change.org/p/donald-j-trump-mmiw-missing-murdered-indigenous-women

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-demand-congress-support-indigenous-communities-by-passing-the-not-invisible-act?nowrapper=true&referrer=&source=direct_link

Sign the petition: Demand Congress support indigenous communities by passing the Not Invisible Act.

Across the United States, over 5,700 indigenous women were reported missing in 2016 alone, with only 116 of those cases logged into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) missing persons database. This...

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-demand-congress-support-indigenous-communities-by-passing-the-not-invisible-act?nowrapper=true&referrer=&source=direct_link

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-senate-justice-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women?recruiter=629172605&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=19a53370-a817-11e6-a42b-b32782924960

Sign the Petition

Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-senate-justice-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women?recruiter=629172605&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=19a53370-a817-11e6-a42b-b32782924960

Some organisations that advocate for murdered and missing indigenous women: https://www.uihi.org/

Urban Indian Health Institute – Decolonizing data, for indigenous people, by indigenous people.

UIHI is leading the way in research and data for urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

https://www.uihi.org/

https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/

Home | SBI

https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/

Resource Guide: For more/other information... https://www.lakotalaw.org/news/2020-05-01/mmiw-resource-guide

MMIW Resource Guide • Lakota People's Law Project

Reports, hotlines, toolkits, and information about MMIW

https://www.lakotalaw.org/news/2020-05-01/mmiw-resource-guide

Please help spread awareness!! Help others get informed about this overlooked/relatively unknown growing issue!!

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