“”There is a crisis in Indian Country of missing and murdered Native American women that is too often unknown outside of Indian Country and too often forgotten. 84 percent of Native American women experience some kind of violence in their lifetime, and on some reservations, Native American women are murdered at 10 times the national average,” said Heitkamp in a release.
Senator Heitkamp says has been working to bring this issue out of the shadows through a social media campaign she launched in November using #NotInvisible.
“Only once we raise awareness about this epidemic can we then help implement solutions to stop these tragedies from occurring,” said Heitkamp.”
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The above is based on American statistics, but in Canada, our MMIW has resulted in a Federally (under)funded inquiry. What has been proved is that there is a national epidemic of not caring. We do not see First Nations Women and Girls, and so when they go missing, we refuse to notice. On May 5th, wear red. Wear red to raise awareness for the hundreds and thousands of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls.
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For more information on the Federal Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and girls, follow this link
We need to do better. While I speak to you as a Métis woman, I implore you as a mother, daughter, sister and friend to help us to spend more resources to find these women.
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Kali J Desautels 
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