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ONEIDA, Wis. (WFRV) – Community members gathered Saturday morning for the Oneida Nation’s fifth annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Walk, taking steps both literal and symbolic to honor those lost and to raise awareness about the silent crisis affecting Native communities.
Participants dressed in red and carried signs bearing names and dates of missing loved ones. The walk began at the Oneida Recreation Center and ended at the Turtle School, where attendees were invited to share a meal, listen to presentations and reflect with music and prayer.
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“This is our fifth annual MMIW walk. We have everyone come together — it’s a healing event because it’s a silent crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls,” said Oneida Nation Council Member Jennifer Webster…