Letter to the Editor – October 2021
Thank you to the community, Another name to be added to the never-ending list of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Nada M. Fronk (Leech Lake enrollee), daughter of Monte Fronk (Red Lake enrollee), and granddaughter of Bonnie Wallace (Fond du Lac Bank of Ojibwe). Nada Fronk was murdered on May 26, 2021, at the age […]
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 […]
Task Force for MMIW created
By Hannah Broadbent In November 2019, The Trump Administration launched the Executive Order on Establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. This Task Force is known as Operation Lady Justice. Elizabeth Carr, Senior Police Advisor for National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) remembers hearing of the Executive Order for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women billboard goes up in Duluth
The first Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) billboard was placed in Duluth in August, in an effort to raise awareness and build momentum for meaningful federal legislation to impact the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) tragedy arrived in Minnesota. “It is vital to address the known ‘tracks’ of trafficked Native women and minors […]