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Murdered","bold_title":"Indegionous Women\/People","content":"","component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"","identifier":"","navigable":false}},"primary_content_copy":"<h2>MMIW\/MMIP<\/h2>\n<p>The phrase \u201cmissing and murdered indigenous women\u201d (MMIW) refers to the hundreds of deaths and disappearances of Native American women and girls that continue to plague tribal lands, rural communities, and cities in North America each year.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase has been expanded to included Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) as it\u2019s not just women who go missing.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of MMIW, Native American women vanish three times:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When they relocate to the cities and rural communities from reservations,<\/li>\n<li>When the media ignores their disappearance and\/or murder (more than 95% of MMIW cases have never been covered by the media, see Lucchesi, 2019), and<\/li>\n<li>When their disappearance and\/or murder is never reported by law enforcement (Mandeville, 2015; Bruce, 2020).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Women and Men, Native and Non-Native, are working together to bring awareness and work with organizations across the state, country, and continent to give a voice to the MMIW and MMIP.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"hero","hero_size":"","background_pattern":"","background_type":"image","background":{"ID":86962,"id":86962,"title":"2025-5-5 MMIW Mall Event (1 of 1)-10 (1) (1)","filename":"2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","filesize":447407,"url":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/american-indian-studies\/2025-5-5-mmiw-mall-event-1-of-1-10-1-1\/","alt":"","author":"462","description":"","caption":"","name":"2025-5-5-mmiw-mall-event-1-of-1-10-1-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":23173,"date":"2025-05-13 17:50:05","modified":"2025-05-13 17:50:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":801,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1-768x513.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1-1024x684.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":684,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":801,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":801,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/05\/2025-5-5-MMIW-Mall-Event-1-of-1-10-1-1.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":401}},"background_vertical_alignment":"center","mobile_image":false,"background_video":false,"preview_image":false,"text_alignment":"center","text_style":"allcaps","readability_aid":"overlay","intro_title":"","title":"Missing and Murdered","bold_title":"Indigenous Women\/People","content":"<p><strong>ta nex\u02b7 qs k\u02b7e\u026btm \u026bu\u0294 qe sm\u0294em\u0294\u00e9m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>No longer will our women be taken, and they are not forgotten!<\/em><\/p>\n","include_cta":false,"button_text":"","button_link":"","button_style":"","give_heading_text":"","give_heading_tag":"h2","give_intro_text":"","give_fund_explorer_url":"\/give\/funds","give_fund_slug":"","give_campaign_code":"","give_default_amount":"","give_button_text":"Continue","give_read_more_link":null,"component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Heading","identifier":"","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"in-page-nav-placeholder"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy-with-image","layout":"half-image","show_left":false,"module_background_color":"white","title":"May 5th Agenda","copy":"<p><strong>Welcome and Blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Land Acknowledgement &amp; Announcemen<\/strong>t<br \/>\nA land acknowledgement and announcement will be given by Evanlene Melting Tallow, AISP Coordinator\/Recruiter, and Sebastian Whiz-Smartlowit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walk\/Rally at EWU Mall<\/strong><br \/>\nA walk and rally will take place at the EWU Mall and around the center of campus, led by Isaac Tonasket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:30 p.m. \u2013 Echo of the Lost<\/strong><br \/>\nA dedication to Mona Vallo will be given by her children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00 p.m. \u2013 Poetry Reading<\/strong><br \/>\nPoetry reading by Sebastian Whiz-Smartlowit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:30 p.m. \u2013 The MMIW\/P Movement and How to Take Action<\/strong><br \/>\nPresentation by Margo Hill, AISP Interim Director.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 p.m. \u2013 Cold Case Unity and Development<\/strong><br \/>\nPresentation by Erin Ross, Senior Tribal Policy Manager, WA State Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:30 p.m. \u2013 Reading of MMIW\/P Names<\/strong><br \/>\nNames will be read by Evanlene Melting Tallow, Margo Hill, Jackie Wambolt, Waahinhewin Williams, Sebastian Whiz-Smartlowit, and Ernestine Jim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Close Out Ceremony<\/strong><br \/>\nThe event will conclude with a closing ceremony led by Isaac Tonasket.<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":21359,"id":21359,"title":"MMIW 2023","filename":"IMG_3632-scaled.jpg","filesize":454961,"url":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/american-indian-studies\/mmiw\/img_3632\/","alt":"","author":"433","description":"","caption":"","name":"img_3632","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":17611,"date":"2024-03-29 16:53:28","modified":"2024-03-29 16:54:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1707,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-1536x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-2048x1366.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1366,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/03\/IMG_3632-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"youtube_video_id":"","video_orientation":"horizontal","image_alt":"","secondary_image":"","background_vertical_alignment":"center","background_horizontal_alignment":"center","background_crop":"chevron","component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"May 5th Agenda","identifier":"agenda","navigable":true}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","module_background_color":"off-white","copy":"<h2>MMIW\/MMIP<\/h2>\n<p>The phrase \u201cmissing and murdered indigenous women\u201d (MMIW) refers to the hundreds of deaths and disappearances of Native American women and girls that continue to plague tribal lands, rural communities, and cities in North America each year.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase has been expanded to included Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) as it\u2019s not just women who go missing.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of MMIW, Native American women vanish three times:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When they relocate to the cities and rural communities from reservations,<\/li>\n<li>When the media ignores their disappearance and\/or murder (more than 95% of MMIW cases have never been covered by the media, see Lucchesi, 2019), and<\/li>\n<li>When their disappearance and\/or murder is never reported by law enforcement (Mandeville, 2015; Bruce, 2020).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Women and Men, Native and Non-Native, are working together to bring awareness and work with organizations across the state, country, and continent to give a voice to the MMIW and MMIP.<\/p>\n<h5>For a current list of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Washington State:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.wa.gov\/crime\/alerts-missing-persons\/missing-indigenous-persons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington State Patrol (WSP) website<\/a>.<\/h5>\n","no_wrapper":false,"component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"MMIW\/MMIP","identifier":"mmiw","navigable":true}},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion-with-notes","module_background_color":"off-white","accordion_position":"left","title":"MMIW\/MMIP Resources","notes":"<p>Sing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.wa.gov\/media\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missing Indigenous Persons Alert<\/a> to receive regular updates on cases in Washington State.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People PSA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxtCFqAWxZc?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","include_spacing":true,"expanded":false,"sections":[{"label":"Human Trafficking - MMIW Indigenous Mobility","copy":"<p>Professor Margo Hill from the EWU Urban and Regional Planning Program discusses the history of this movement, and the actions that can, and need to be taken, to reduce the numbers of MMIW\/MMIP in our country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=poo7abiUw7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Trafficking &#8211; MMIW Indigenous Mobility Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"label":"Washington State Patrol","copy":"<p>The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has a page dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.wa.gov\/crime\/alerts-missing-persons\/missing-indigenous-persons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missing Indigenous Persons<\/a> on their website. You can find the list of current missing indigenous persons (MIP)<\/p>\n<p>The WSP also have tribal liaisons:<\/p>\n<p>Dawn Pullin<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dawn.pullin@wsp.wa.gov\">dawn.pullin@wsp.wa.gov<\/a><br \/>\n(360) 890-0150<br \/>\nEastern Washington Tribal Liaison<\/p>\n<p>Patti Gosch<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:patti.gosch@wsp.wa.gov\">patti.gosch@wsp.wa.gov<\/a><br \/>\n(360) 280-0567<br \/>\nWestern Washington Tribal Liaison<\/p>\n<p>Sing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.wa.gov\/media\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missing Indigenous Persons Alert<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"label":"U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs","copy":"<p>Everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities. The Missing and Murdered Unit within the Office of Justice Services focuses on analyzing and solving missing and murdered cases involving American Indians and Alaska Natives. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/service\/mmu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit their website here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Violence Against Native Americans and Alaska Natives far exceed national averages. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/service\/mmu\/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis Here<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"label":"Articles and Publications","copy":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frsc.2022.884195\/full?&amp;utm_source=Email_to_authors_&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&amp;utm_campaign=Email_publication&amp;field=&amp;journalName=Frontiers_in_Sustainable_Cities&amp;id=884195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Trafficking as a Racialized Economy and the Exploitation of Indigenous Socio-Spatial (Im)Mobility in North America<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Frontiers in Sustainable Cities<\/em>, section Social Inclusion in Cities.<br \/>\nHill, M., Anderson, M., King, I. (2022)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinepubs.trb.org\/onlinepubs\/trnews\/trnews338.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) How Can Transportation Stop Traffickers?<\/a><br \/>\nThe National Academy of Sciences\u00b7 Engineering \u00b7 Medicine. Transportation Research Board.<br \/>\nHill, M., (2022)<\/p>\n"},{"label":"Native Hope","copy":"<p>&#8216;The best way to help Native American communities is to start by listening. When you give to Native Hope, your support goes directly to projects that communities themselves have identified as important. Join our family of Natives and non-Natives working toward a world without barriers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativehope.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Native Hope Organization Here<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"label":"National Indigenous Women's Resource Center","copy":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niwrc.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Indigenous Women\u2019s Resource Center, Inc. (NIWRC)<\/a> is a Native-led nonprofit organization dedicated to ending violence against Native women and children. The NIWRC provides national leadership in ending gender-based violence in tribal communities by lifting up the collective voices of grassroots advocates and offering culturally grounded resources, technical assistance and training, and policy development to strengthen tribal sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Their staff and board of directors consist of Native women from throughout the United States with extensive experience and commitment to ending violence against Native women and their children. NIWRC&#8217;s staff bring decades of expertise in building the grassroots movement to increase tribal responses to domestic violence and increase safety for Native women.<\/p>\n<p>Safety for Native women and their children relies on the ability of Indigenous nations to reclaim their pre-colonization belief systems and lifeways by which they governed themselves long before the United States was established as a nation. This includes the understanding that we are all relatives and have the right and responsibility to uphold the sacred status and integrity of women, which is at the core of tribal sovereignty. Essential to sovereignty and the safety of women is the unique legal right of Indian nations to self-government, access to trust resources, and culturally-centered ways. These ways support the voices and leadership of survivors of violence and grassroots advocates who are at the root of organizing for social, cultural, and legal changes, including changes that women need in order to live lives free from violence and abuse such as safe housing, economic security, childcare, healthcare, legal services, and abuser accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Accountability is secured through tribal justice systems and tribal laws upholding the sacred status and integrity of women. Tribal justice systems include Indigenous and Western responses such as policing and prosecution. Unlike non-Indian communities \u2013 where county or city governments have authority to investigate and prosecute both misdemeanor and felony crimes against women \u2013 federal legislation, case law, and policies have left tribes with far less legal authority and resources to protect their citizens. This reality effectively denies Native women access to justice and culturally appropriate services and subsequently prevents them from living free from violence.<\/p>\n<p>NIWRC develops resources and training opportunities to support tribes, grassroots advocates, and survivors in prioritizing the safety of Native women and their children and requiring accountability of offenders and communities. Native women, their children, and tribal nations are entitled to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety from violence within their homes and in their community<\/li>\n<li>Justice both on and off tribal lands<\/li>\n<li>Access to culturally grounded advocacy designed by and for Native women<\/li>\n<li>Safe, affordable housing, legal services,\u00a0childcare, economic security, and other basic resources provided in respectful ways<\/li>\n<li>Culturally-based, trauma and resiliency-informed services<\/li>\n<li>Access to indigenous healing ways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"label":"Documentaries and Stories","copy":"<p>There are a number of documentaries and stories that talk about the MMIW movement and work to bring awareness to the stories and issues that Indigenous Women\/People are facing as well as the work towards finding their people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NscqDqT0L18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Somebody&#8217;s Daughter &#8211; Documentary<\/a> &#8211; With the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana as Executive Producer, Somebody\u2019s Daughter focuses on some of the higher-profile MMIW cases, some of which were raised during the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs MMIW\/MMIP hearing in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somebodysdaughter.com\/say-her-name-the-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Say Her Name &#8211; Documentary<\/a> &#8211; Asks &#8220;Why are MMIW \/P numbers so high in rural Big Horn County, MT?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zdzM6krfaKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Sisters in Spirit (MMIWG Documentary)<\/a> &#8211; A short documentary that explores the question of calling a national public inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women &amp; girls in Canada or whether there may be a better approach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BzT3bb2pP3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They Are Gone &#8211; Documentary<\/a> &#8211; In Montana, Native Americans make up less than 8% of the state&#8217;s population, but account for over 26% of missing persons. 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As the eyes and ears of our nation\u2019s highways, you are in a unique position to make a difference and close loopholes to traffickers who seek to exploit our transportation system for their personal gain. This site has been created to inform members of the trucking, bus and energy industries, and other travelers of the basic issues involved in human trafficking and a summary of ways you can help. 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