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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples

A starting point for learning more about the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirits with links to library and community resources

Useful Websites

Local Organizations

Intertribal Council of California
Statewide Association of 47 tribes in California.
Consolidated Tribal Health Project
Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. (CTHP) is committed to healthy lifestyles and honoring traditional Native American values to maintain physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing of the community.
Lake County Tribal Health
We are dedicated to keeping our whole community healthy by providing access to affordable, quality health care to our patients. We can work with virtually any insurance so you get every benefit possible. We always recommend the same treatment that we would for our own family members; this ensures that you understand your options and that you receive efficient high quality medical care.
Sovereign Bodies Institute
This project generated a clear and thorough understanding of the scale and dynamics of cases of trafficked, missing, and murdered Native American women and children in Northwestern California, and designed and implemented a pilot blueprint for tribes to intervene in and prevent such cases.

National Organizations

Coalition to stop violence against Native women
The mission of the CSVANW (Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women) is to eradicate violence against Native women and children by championing social change within our communities.
Native Hope
Useful information about missing and murdered Indigenous women, actions to take and support of the movement.

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Across the United States and Canada Native Women and girls are being taken or murdered at an unrelenting rate. Learn what you can do to help fight.
Native Women's Wilderness
Native Women's Wilderness was created to bring Native women together to share our stories, support each other, and learn from one another as we endeavor to explore and celebrate the wilderness and our native lands.

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Our women, girls, and two-spirts are being taken from us in an alarming way.
In various tribes, red is known to be the only color spirits see. It is hoped that by wearing red, we can call back the missing spirits of our women and children so we can lay them to rest.
U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs
For decades, Native American and Alaska Native communities have struggled with high rates of assault, abduction, and murder of tribal members. Community advocates describe the crisis as a legacy of generations of government policies of forced removal, land seizures and violence inflicted on Native peoples.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples
At the Department of the Interior, we believe that everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities, but American Indian and Alaska Native people are at a disproportionate risk of experiencing violence, murder, or going missing. For too long, the crisis has been overlooked and underfunded.
U.S. Department of Justice: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
The Department of Justice is committed to addressing the persistent violence endured by Native American families and communities across the country, including by working with Tribal nations to address the important issues of missing or murdered indigenous persons.
The Department of Justice’s annual Tribal Consultation on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
An annual consultation with Indian tribal governments to address the federal administration of all tribal funds and programs established under the Violence Against Women Acts (VAWA) of 1994, 2000, and 2005.
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
Providing national leadership to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian women and communities by lifting up the collective voices of grassroots advocates and offering culturally grounded resources, technical assistance and training, and policy development to strengthen Tribal sovereignty.
Red Women Rising
The Red Women Rising Project is dedicated to uplifting the voices of Urban Indian survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through increasing awareness around Urban Indian women’s domestic violence issues and enhancing survivors' access to domestic violence services.
Tribal Resource Tool
A searchable directory of services available for all AI/AN survivors of crime and abuse in Indian Country
When a loved one goes missing
Booklet from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center. A Quick Reference Guide for Families of Missing Indigenous Women: What to Do in the First 72 Hours

List of Hashtags and Definitions

#MMIW Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

#MMIR Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives

#MMIP Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons

#MMIWG Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls

#MMIP Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

#MMIWG2S Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit

#MMIWG2ST Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit, Transgender

#WhyWeWearRED

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