Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) & Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Awareness Day 5/5 | 11am-3pm | PUB NCR

The phrase “missing and murdered indigenous women” (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.

The phrase has been expanded to included Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) as it’s not just women who go missing.

In the context of MMIW, Native American women vanish three times:

1. When they relocate to the cities and rural communities from reservations.
2. 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
3. When their disappearance and/or murder is never reported by law enforcement (Mandeville, 2015; Bruce, 2020).
   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.

We invite everyone to attend a series of events in the EWU PUB NCR on Sunday, May 5th from 11am-3pm.

11:00am

Opening with Rose Creek Drum Group and a Blessing

Welcome, Land Acknowledgement & Announcements
Margo Hill | Evanlene Melting Tallow | War Bear

Start of the Walk/Rally in front of PUB and return to PUB NCR
Lead by Idella Rattler-King and Tanisha Rattler

Noon

Empowerment
Idella Rattler-King

MMIW Video Collage
Looping Collage of clips from documentaries, news, tv & more

1:00

The MMIW Movement and How to Take Action
Margo Hill |Dawn Pullin

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Video
Produced by Jeff Ferguson & Margo Hill

2:00

Reading of MMIW/MMIP names
Jeff Ferguson | Margo Hill | Erin Ross | War Bear
Evanlene Melting Tallow | Connie George and others.

Close Out Ceremony
Rose Creek Drum Group