No More Stolen Sisters
May. 5th, 2021 04:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls. This is a longstanding human rights issue. Many jurisdictional barriers, racism, sexism, and other problems mean little or no investigation into these crimes; they are rarely solved. It's not an accident; it is one facet of the continuing genocide. We can fight back; we are not alone. Mitakuye oyasin -- we are all related.
STATISTICS
Indigenous Womxn (girls +) murdered 10x higher than all other ethnicities
Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Indigenous Womxn (Centers for Disease Control)
More than 4 out of 5 Indigenous Womxn (American Indian & Alaskan Native AI/AN) have experienced violence (84.3%) (National Institute of Justice Report)
More than half Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn experience sexual violence (56.1%)
More than half Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn have been physically abused by their intimate partners (55.5 percent)
less than half of Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn have been stalked in their lifetime (48.8 percent).
Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn are 1.7 times more likely than Anglo-American women to experience violence.
Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn are 2xs more likely to be raped than Anglo-American white women.
Murder rate of Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn is 3xs higher than Anglo-American women.
My Writing
I have written about this issue more than once.
Iron Horses thread in Polychrome Heroics
"Whatever You Do to the Animals"
"Reaching Out to Rescue One Another"
"To Prevent Future Tragedies"
"Ways to Make the Pain Go Away"
"Quicker Than You Can Lower Them"
"A Crazy and Drunk Life"
"Repair Just About Anything"
Blackfeet Confederacy thread in Daughters of the Apocalypse (on layaway)
"The Little Shadow Across the Grass"
"Don't Let the Grass Grow"
"On the Path to Friendship"
Learn More
Library Resources
Tribal Resources
How You Can Help
Donate to organizations working to solve this problem. Do you enjoy stories, art, or other cultural material from tribal people? Give back by helping to protect the people who make them.
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
Indian Law Resource Center
National Indian Women Resource Center
Follow Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA on Facebook.
MMIWG2&MMIP Organizing Toolkit
No More Stolen Sisters Campaign (Canada)
Take Action (Indian Law Resource Center)
Watch for the red hand and red dress symbols of the movement. If you see them, offer support and encouragement. Many people will be protesting or posting about this today.
Post about this issue and/or link to posts about it today, to help raise awareness and agitate for action. You may direct people to this post if you wish.
STATISTICS
Indigenous Womxn (girls +) murdered 10x higher than all other ethnicities
Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Indigenous Womxn (Centers for Disease Control)
More than 4 out of 5 Indigenous Womxn (American Indian & Alaskan Native AI/AN) have experienced violence (84.3%) (National Institute of Justice Report)
More than half Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn experience sexual violence (56.1%)
More than half Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn have been physically abused by their intimate partners (55.5 percent)
less than half of Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn have been stalked in their lifetime (48.8 percent).
Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn are 1.7 times more likely than Anglo-American women to experience violence.
Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn are 2xs more likely to be raped than Anglo-American white women.
Murder rate of Indigenous (AI/AN) Womxn is 3xs higher than Anglo-American women.
My Writing
I have written about this issue more than once.
Iron Horses thread in Polychrome Heroics
"Whatever You Do to the Animals"
"Reaching Out to Rescue One Another"
"To Prevent Future Tragedies"
"Ways to Make the Pain Go Away"
"Quicker Than You Can Lower Them"
"A Crazy and Drunk Life"
"Repair Just About Anything"
Blackfeet Confederacy thread in Daughters of the Apocalypse (on layaway)
"The Little Shadow Across the Grass"
"Don't Let the Grass Grow"
"On the Path to Friendship"
Learn More
Library Resources
Tribal Resources
How You Can Help
Donate to organizations working to solve this problem. Do you enjoy stories, art, or other cultural material from tribal people? Give back by helping to protect the people who make them.
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
Indian Law Resource Center
National Indian Women Resource Center
Follow Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA on Facebook.
MMIWG2&MMIP Organizing Toolkit
No More Stolen Sisters Campaign (Canada)
Take Action (Indian Law Resource Center)
Watch for the red hand and red dress symbols of the movement. If you see them, offer support and encouragement. Many people will be protesting or posting about this today.
Post about this issue and/or link to posts about it today, to help raise awareness and agitate for action. You may direct people to this post if you wish.
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Date: 2021-05-06 03:37 am (UTC)