Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Native victims
By AP From Washington to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates gathered May 5 as part of a call to action to address the ongoing problem of violence against Indigenous women and children. U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other federal officials commemorated the annual day of awareness […]
Governments seek answers as crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women persists
By Sarah Mearhoff and Dana Ferguson Editor’s note: This is the 2nd installment of a three-part series on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the upper Plains. Zahannez Stands was having recurring dreams that he and his loved ones were going missing – pursued by a green Camaro and abducted into the […]
Melissa Eagleshield went missing 5 years ago: Thousands more Indigenous people have vanished since
By Natasha Rausch, Sarah Mearhoff and Dana Ferguson / Inforum Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the upper Plains. It’s been five years since Linda Anderson last saw her daughter. And she hasn’t stopped looking since. Her daughter Melissa Eagleshield, […]
Indigenous designer fights MMIW crisis with fashion
By Natasha Rausch/The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead Models with red and black handprints painted on their faces strutted across the stage wearing Darlene Perkins originals. The women’s dresses were chic and shimmery, and the men’s clothing had obvious Indigenous inspiration. Perkins, who designed the clothing for the Sept. 4, fashion show in Bismarck No. Dak., said […]
Sex, fossil fuels, and matriarchal economics
By Winona LaDuke In July of 2013, Ramsey County charged Mike Allen with agreeing to hire and engage in prostitution in a public place. Mike Allen is a Canadian. At that time, Allen was an MLA, a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Allen represented Fort McMurray, the Tar Sands Capital of the Petro State of […]