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Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

Recommendations From Our Family Advisor Workgroup

#JusticeforKaysera 5K

2025 Week of Action for MMIWR

6-Point Action Plan for Reform and Restoration

6-Point Action Plan to Reform Current Systemic Barriers and Restore Safety of Indigenous Women

A Call To Action

A Call to Action to Declare May 5, 2018 a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

A CALL TO ACTION: Support a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

A Call to Action: Support a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

A Conversation With the Field: Understanding the Issue of Missing & Murdered Native Women and Organizing a Response

A Mother’s Walk for Justice

A Tribal Perspective on the Crisis of Alaska Native Women and MMIW

An Interview with Journalist and Advocate Luella Brien on MMIW

Art's Role in Advocacy - Artist Spotlight: Nick Alan Foote

Beyond the March A Journey of Empowerment and Leadership

By the Numbers

By the Numbers

Centering Prevention of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Congressional Resolution Aimed at Creating Awareness on Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaska Native Women

Congressional Resolution to Designate May 5th as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

Desert Stars

Excerpt From Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many

First Lady of Navajo Nation’s Address at Not Invisible Act Commission Hearing

Fixing a Broken System: NCAI Resolution on Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

Fourth Annual #JusticeForKaysera

Government Accountability Office Releases MMIW Report

Healing and Accountability for Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples in Arizona and Nationwide

Intersection of Movement and Advocacy For Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Relatives

Mapping Out Missing and Murdered Native Women: “I Would Want My Story to Have Meaning”

May 5, 2018, National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls #MMIWG

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls #MMIWG

Missing and Murdered: Part 3

MMIW: Take Action! Cards

MMIW: Understanding the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Beyond Individual Acts of Violence

MMIWG | National Day of Awareness Building a Resistance Movement to Normalization of Violence Against Native Women

MMIWR Update

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women May 5th Actions Calling for Justice!

National Week of Action: Digital Honor Cards

New Community Based Effort to Gather Data on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

NIWRC Honoring and Fundraiser in Helena, MT

NIWRC New Resource! “Special Collections: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls”

NIWRC Updates MMIW State Legislative Tracker

Not Invisible: Raising Awareness of MMIW Through Art

Pouhana ‘O Na Wahine Joins Hawai‘i State MMIW Task Force

Prayers for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind and Community Actions: Prayers, Vigils and Calls for Justice

Resource Update: When a Loved One Goes Missing

Restoration Special Edition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Now Available

Rising for Justice for MMIW

Savanna’s Act Calls for Law Enforcement Focus on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Murkowski and Cortez Masto Reintroduce Savanna’s Act

Senators Call for GAO Report of Crisis of MMIW Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act

Speaking Our Truth: Families Taking Action in the Face of MMIW

TAKE ACTION! ORGANIZE! STAND FOR MMIWG!!

The Disappeared— Murdered and Missing Native Women and Girls Immediate Community Action at the Tribal, State and Federal Levels Needed!

The Failed Response of State Justice Agencies to Investigate and Prosecute MMIW Cases

The Future of Advertising for Advocacy

The Impact of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women on Native Youth: Tribal Youth Share Concerns About Missing Mothers, Sisters, and Friends

The “Not Invisible Act of 2019,” Legislation to Increase Coordination Efforts to Address the Crisis of Missing, Murdered and Trafficked Native Women

Today I Wear Red: Akwesasne, New York

Today I Wear Red: First National Day of Awareness

Today I Wear Red: Lame Deer, Montana

Today I Wear Red: Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Today I Wear Red: Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota Indian Nation

Tribal Community Response When a Woman Is Missing: A Toolkit for Action

Tribal Community Response When a Woman is Missing: A Toolkit for Action

UNITY IN ACTION: 165 Organizations Call for a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

UNITY In Action: 165 Organizations Call for a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

Violence Against Women Consultation 2019: Urgent Need to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)

Weaving a Path to Healing

What We’re Seeing: MMIW State Legislation

Why is a National Day of Awareness Needed?

Wind River Feature Film Tackles the Subject of Missing and Murdered Native Women

Wind River feature film tackles the subject of Missing and Murdered Native Women

Written Testimony on S. 1942, SAVANNA’S ACT by Taylor Sheridan

Written Testimony to Not Invisible Act Commission From Mary Kathryn Nagle

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