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MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) is a human rights crisis of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States

Quick facts:

4 of 5 Native women will experience violence

1/3 of Native women will experience sexual violence (and over 2/3 of that is committed by non-natives)

Murder is our 3rd leading cause of death

On some reservations MMIWG2S are murdered at 10x the national average rate

In general native women and girls are raped at twice the average national rate

According to a report by USA today, native women also go missing at the twice average national rate

Nearly all rapes are perpetuated by off reservations settlers who also face no legal repercussions (legal loopholes state you must be on tribal ground to be persecuted by tribal police and most don't stick sround)

Less than 1% of MMIW cases are logged

It's been awhile since I've since Ive posted about this, but it's a very important topic and one that's especially important to me right now.

Some of you following me have all the context clues but I'll say it plainly here on this post. My cousin is one of the many MMIW that have died awful deaths. I myself am one of the natives who've experiences violence and sexual violence. The article is right. I don't know a native who hasn't. And that shouldn't have to be our reality.

But it doesn't change without more support and we don't get support by keeping people in the dark. Unfortunately resources are directly tied to public interest in an issue. The actual MMIW site for example says it's on hiatus when you go to the resource section.

So please share this so that someone else can learn and become an ally to the cause. The way people treat native women, girls, and two spirits is awful and deserves more attention than it's getting.

May 5th is MMIW awareness day; please wear red, share our posts, schedule a vigil, make your own graphics/posts in support, etc. Make some time to show you care that day.

Just don't use the red hand over your mouth, this is representative of the violent silence MMIW are forced to keep in their graves and how those of us alive must speak for them. Its a heavy symbol that carries responsibility so it's best left alone if you aren't indigenous.

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Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus), family Canidae, outside Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada

photograph by Matthew Regan

[soon-palestine]

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[reallytimhortons]

o canda 🇨🇦 our home and native land true patriot love in all of us command car ton bras sait porter l'épée il sait porter la croix ton histoire est une épopée des plus brillants exploits god keep our land glorious and free o canda 🇨🇦 we stand on guard for thee o canda 🇨🇦 we stand on guard for thee

[metrocentric]

C&A

München / Munich

[kelebekpapatya-72]

Korkuyorum gönlümdekini söylemekten.

[mommy-mortis]

Pick were I'll vacation in Canada!

[asphyxiating-endless-darkness]

Kataklysm

posted by Black Death Nostalgia

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David Cronenberg, {2022} Crimes of the Future

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Jessica Vergeer

[soon-palestine]

[loudhorizonmusic]

Warpig.

Warpig. (‘Flaggit,’ the opening track from the band’s eponymous, and only album.) The late ’60s and early ’70s produced some terrific rock bands that for whatever reason didn’t reach the mass audience they perhaps deserved. Instead, they remained ‘local heroes,’ but thanks to this wonderful internet thing, their sounds are finally being played across the world. One such band is Warpig. Rick…

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by David Barkman  

[sverenagain]

im not even being funny on this site i just am dcared of it. what if i hit the baboon maul button. what if i need to turn it off and on ahain....

[why-are-you-asking-me]

So, here in canada, now I know what people mean by the suburbs.

what in the actual fyck is this shit

My mom's uncle (will be referred to as dayi from now on) pulled into a neighborhood all the houses look the same. I dont give to shits if there are parks nearby, how the fuck can they stand it.

And to get from one shopping area to another seems like hell to walk.

Well see ya later