The Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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In this powerful episode, we confront the ongoing epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S) — a crisis that spans generations and continues to be underreported, underinvestigated, and misunderstood. Our hosts take a deep dive into what many are calling a "data genocide," unpacking how colonial systems have erased Indigenous lives not only through violence, but also through the systemic silencing of their stories in law enforcement databases, media coverage, and national statistics.

Sources to Check Out: 

A Quick Reference Guide for Families of Missing Indigenous Women: What to Do in the First 72 Hours. National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. 

A Step Toward Justice: Examining the collaboration between Urban Indian Health Institute and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and the lessons learned from this partnership. Urban Indian Health Institute and King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. 

A Year 1 Project Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People of Northern California (To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' I Will See You Again in a Good Way). Sovereign Bodies Institute. 

Building the Sacred: An Indigenous Evaluation Framework for Programs Serving Native Survivors of Violence. Urban Indian Health Institute. 

Four Years Later: Kaysera’s Family Continues to Fight for Justice. National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. 

MMIW Survival Guide. Prepared by Fox Valley Technical College under cooperative agreement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice.

Protecting the Sacred: Addressing Sexual Violence and Gender-based Violence Against Natives during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Urban Indian Health Institute.

Service as Ceremony: A Journey Toward Healing. Polansky, L., Ferronato, H., and Echo-Hawk, A. Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian Health Board. 

Supporting the Sacred: Womxn of Resilience. Baker, L., Goforth-Ward, M., May, K., and Echo-Hawk, A. Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian Health Board. 

Unbottling an Epidemic: MMIWG Jane Doe Edition. Sovereign Bodies Institute. Text by Elizabeth K. Skye. 

Unseen: A California Crisis - Elizabeth Cook reports on California's missing indigenous women. KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA. YouTube.