Missing and murdered Indigenous women

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Missing and murdered Indigenous women

Photo of an art installation inspired by The REDress Project—an on-going project by Métis artist Jaime Black; taken on the National Day for Vigils for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Seaforth Peace Park, Vancouver, Canada), 2016.
Abbreviation	MMIW or MMIWG
Formation	Canada and United States
Purpose	To increase awareness of disproportionate violence experienced by Indigenous women
Products	Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (June 2019) Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview (2014) "Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls (CBC investigative report) Faceless Dolls Project REDress Project Forensic Document Review Project 2011 Statistics Canada report NCMPUR Fast Fact Sheet 2015 "RCMP report on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women"
Methods	marches meetings (community meetings, local city council meetings, tribal council meetings, validation meetings) databases domestic violence trainings Inuksuit stone monuments Guided Dialogues Community, institutional, expert, and knowledge-keeper hearings 2016–19 National Inquiry's forensic audit 2013 Ph.D. thesis multimedia (movies, podcasts, plays, other performances) National Inquiry’s Legacy Archive National Day of Awareness for MMIWG Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS)
Affiliations	Native Women's Association of Canada Assembly of First Nations Project E-Pana Drag the Red Walking With Our Sisters Sovereign Bodies Institute Sisters in spirit Amnesty International Canada KAIROS Elizabeth Fry Society Anglican Church of Canada National Coalition for our Stolen Sisters National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Canadian Police Information Centre National Family Advisory Circle National Inquiry Elders and Grandmothers Circle Sacred MMIWG / FFADA sacrées #SacredMMIWG

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is a big problem in the United States and Canada. In both countries, Indigenous women and girls are more likely to go missing or be murdered than non-Indigenous women and girls.^[1][2][3][4]

The problem of MMIW reflects the intersectionality of racism and sexism Indigenous women in the US and Canada face. It also shows how the governments are not doing enough to help women.

1. ↑ Heitkamp, Heidi. "Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women: Resources & Information". Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2017. In 2016, North Dakota alone had 125 cases of missing Native women reported to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), compared to 5,712 total Native women cases reported in the United States. However, the actual number is likely much higher, as cases of missing Native women and girls are often under-reported and the data has never been officially collected. Heidi Heitkamp Senator of North Dakota
2. ↑ Gambino, Lauren (March 7, 2019). "REDress exhibit highlights epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women". The Guardian.
3. ↑ "Rep. Haaland addresses Congress on epidemic of missing, endangered indigenous women". KRQE Media. March 14, 2019.
4. ↑ Hopkins, Ruth (September 11, 2018). "When the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Hits Home". Teen Vogue. With issues concerning jurisdictional power and poor communication between families and local, state, tribal, and federal authorities contribute to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women.