If you guys are able, consider donating to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women database.
“In the US, murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian women, the rate of rape on some reservations can be ten times higher than the national average, and Native women and girls are highly overrepresented in cases of missing persons (for example, in Montana, Native people make up 8% of the state population, and yet 40% of the state’s missing girls are Native). A complex maze of jurisdictional policies and institutionalized violence means much of this violence is not only not addressed, but not documented.”
This database is the most comprehensive one, is made with the consent and input of families, regularly fundraises for the families (parents, grandparents, and children) of mmiw, and is inclusive of trans women, and includes indigenous women from areas that aren’t always included in mmiw counts, like Kanaka Maoli and diasporic migrant Indigenous women.
I cannot vouch enough for the work A.L and her team do for this.
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