Shondiin Silversmith
Standing in front of a room full of Tohono O’odham police officers, April Ignacio asked who was familiar with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement. Three of the 15 officers raised their hands.
The MMIW movement started in the early 1990s in Canada through grassroots efforts to bring awareness to the high number of Indigenous women going missing and being murdered. Since then, it has grown and Indigenous peoples around the world are leading MMIW efforts…