I encourage everyone to take a few moments, as the Thanksgiving season winds down, to think about Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, Hanna Harris and the thousands of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in the U.S. and Canada.
Tag: Native Women
WATCH: The Broken Trust Between Native Survivors and the Justice System
An 18-month investigation by Maren Machles, Carrie Cochran, Angela M. Hill and Suzette Brewer at Newsy revealed the tragic consequences of the cracks in the justice system facing Native women—uncovering the breakdowns between federal and tribal governance that leave survivors with little recourse after experiencing sexual violence.
Justice is in Reach When Indigenous Women Speak Our Truth
There is a growing movement of indigenous leaders, led by Native women, building networks of solidarity across tribal communities and using our shared unified power to expand awareness and pass reforms related to the epidemic number of cases of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls.
The Ms. Q&A: How Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Plans to Change the Narrative
“We’re here for the duration. We have to continue, we have to keep going. We have to lift people up with our thoughts, actions, our work.”
Breaking Ground: Joy Harjo is the First-Ever Native American Poet Laureate
Joy Harjo was named Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress this week, making history as the first Native American to be selected for the post.
We Are Not Invisible
Yesterday was National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. But I want to continue the call to lift up Native women whose voices have too long gone unheard.
Justice for Native Women Begins with Rewriting History
There’s an array of starting points for allyship with Native women. Ultimately, however, it all begins in rewriting history—and telling a more complicated, difficult and challenging version of the truth.
Solidarity on Screen: What “Roma” Means to Domestic Workers Worldwide
Actors Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira joined National Domestic Workers Alliance Gender Justice Campaigns Director Monica Ramirez and award-winning producer Nely Galan to talk about the impact of “Roma”—and center Latinas in the narrative.
Justice Delayed: Waiting on Savanna’s Act and an End to Violence Against Native Women
In the midst of a partial government shutdown, retiring Republican representative Bob Goodlatte used one of his final days in office to block a law addressing a horrifying problem: the disturbingly high number of missing and murdered Native American women in the U.S.
Poems for a New Native Dialogue
The best-selling poetry anthologies from Native American writers are dated (in this order) 1918, 1996, 1988 and 1984. Heid E. Erdrich set out to expand that timeline, and subvert boundaries, by compiling and editing “New Poets of Native Nations,” out now from Graywolf Press.