May 5th is MMIW Awareness Day. An interview with doctoral student and member of the Hualapai Tribe Amanda Abbie-Hall
Fielding News2023-05-05T09:51:53-07:00National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Day is May 5th. The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC) declares the first week in May as a National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and the entire month of May as a time to recognize MMIW in North America. MMIW is also known as MMIWG2S for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit. Information on how to get involved is available at www.niwrc.org/mmiwnatlweek23. 4 out of 5 (80%) of our Native women experienced some form of violence in their lifetime. (1) Native women face murder [...]