https://player.vimeo.com/video/713799037?h=5515210fd0&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 One year ago today, Mak'yo George-Dye crossed over while under the care of the penitentiary system. The cause of his abrupt death remains unknown. This...
“Creator, I would like to thank you for this day; thank you for all the hearts that are here and all the hearts that are represented, that are missing, that are lost and just waiting to be found. We acknowledge them today,” Smit said before stepping off the stage to make space for a water ceremony.
“What would have happened if she were Native?”
As a longtime advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, NHBP Tribal Council Secretary Nancy Smit couldn’t help but reflect on the frenzied media attention and persistent search efforts in the tragic Gabby Petito case comparative to the thousands of unsolved MMIW cases across the United States.
“Even in thought, women are to be respected.”These sage words from Native activist and leader Tillie Black Bear of the Sicangu Lakota, known as the Grandmother of the Battered Women’s Movement, emphasize the deep reverence for women ingrained within Native American...
HONORING MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS The numbers are staggering. Native American women and girls are being stolen and harmed at alarming rates. Murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian/Alaska Native women, with the majority...