#mmiwg

May 5th is MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) Day, which sheds light on the ongoing endangerment of and femicide against Indigenous/First Nations individuals in the United States and Canada*. This violence is a continuation of the colonial, racial, and gendered violence that was woven into these imperial states at their inception. Please do research into how you can support Indigenous women and their communities. See more info below.

The family members of Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered along the Highway of Tears in northern B.C. cried and held hands as a monument created in their honour was unveiled at Cottonwood Island Park in Prince George Friday morning. Called the Pillar of Hope, the monument commemorates the string of disappearances and murders of Indigenous women and girls along the 720-kilometre stretch of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert dating back to the 1960s. "It's a bittersweet moment," said Mary Teegee, executive director of Carrier Sekani Family Services, which led the project.

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This is my cousin, Daleighysa. Please share these if you can, Oklahoma state police is probably not involved as she went missing on the Muscogee reservation.

Please spread the word/flyers!!!!!

There are over 5,600 recorded missing Indigenous women, girls, Two-spirit, and LGBTQIA+ folks in the USA, and over 4,000 in Canada.

Indigenous women in the USA have murder rates over 10 times the national average.

A Statistics Canada study in 2023 has found that Indigenous women in Canada are killed at a rate 6x higher than non-Indigenous women, and yet police charged 1st degree murder half as often, typically recommending manslaughter or 2nd degree.

Non-exhaustive estimates have suggested that over 4,000 indigenous women and girls (along with 600 men and boys) in Canada have gone missing between 1956 and 2016.

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“We need to create the conditions where the lives of Indigenous and Black women and Two-Spirit, trans, and queer people are precious; where all living things are precious.

“Bringing the movement to end MMIWG2SQ in conversation with the work of Black abolition feminists creates a number of what-if questions, to my mind. What if Black and Indigenous families had safe housing, food, drinking water, education, and healthcare, free from anti-Indigenous racism? What if Black and Indigenous communities, both urban and reserve, had access to mental-health care from the best of both Western and Indigenous practices? What if all Black and Indigenous families had access to community-based and community-led twenty-four-hour child care programs and programs that assist parents in developing culturally appropriate parenting skills? What if we were committed to repairing the damage caused through dispossession, residential schools, and the child welfare system and regenerating Indigenous families on Indigenous terms? What if we were committed to repairing the damage of slavery and its anti-Black afterlives? What if we did this work together instead of begging the state?”

MISSING

missing, murdered indigenous women, people & families

Natasha Lynn Deardorff

Lummi Tribal Member

Last known location: Seattle Washington

Natasha’s last known location was the greater Seattle area but may be anywhere from Pierce Co. to Bellingham Wa. Her grandmother & father have not stopped searching for her they request that if you have information on Natasha & her whereabouts please contact the numbers provided. Natasha is a mother of four, she is loved and missed greatly.

Last contact: August 2023

sex: female

race: Native American

weight: 140lbs

height: 5’7” tall

eyes: brown

hair: dark brown

scar: left eyebrow

tattoo: rose/right leg, pierced nose