What does no more stolen sisters do?

No More Stolen Sisters: Stopping the Abuse and Murder of Native Women and Girls. In this program, powerful Native women leaders reveal the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and describe how they are taking action and building growing movements, including with non-Native allies.
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What is the No More Stolen Sisters campaign?

A national action plan to end violence against women which addresses the root causes of violence and identifies holistic, culturally-appropriate ways in which to prevent violence and to support those impacted by violence.
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What can I do about MMIW?

Safely attend an event, prayer circle or candlelight vigil hosted in your community, if any are taking place. Post a list of women missing from your community. Create a memorial for those lost or no longer with us. Register to participate in the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center webinar.
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When was no more stolen sisters created?

In 2004, Amnesty International released Stolen Sisters, a report that called the violence a national human rights crisis demanding national and international attention and action.
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What is stolen sister?

Stolen Sisters is a powerful and effective primer on the subject of Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women within the broader context of centuries of institutionalized racism against First Nations peoples.
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What does the red hand on face mean?

A red hand over the mouth has become the symbol of a growing movement, the MMIW movement. It stands for all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard. It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis.
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Who was the first stolen sister?

Some Native women today consider Pocahontas one of the first of many “stolen sisters,” some of whose stories and names have been lost to history, while the families and communities of others continue to fight for justice.
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Why do we wear red?

May 5 has been commemorated as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Across the nation, we are called upon to wear red to acknowledge thousands of young women and girls who go missing each year without so much as a search party.
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What did Native American use on their hair?

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is a great natural moisturizer that was used in every day Native life for protecting the hair and the body from the sun and other harsh weather conditions, and also keeping the hair soft and silky. This was one of the main ways that they used to keep indigenous hair healthy.
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What is the MMIW movement?

MMIW stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. It's a movement that advocates for the end of violence against Native women. It also seeks to draw attention to the high rates of disappearances and murders of Native people, particularly women and girls.
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Can you donate to MMIW?

MMIW USA is a charitable organization fiscally sponsored by Tryon Life Community a USA registered 501c3 nonprofit, donations to MMIW USA are tax deductible.
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How many MMIW are there in the US?

MURDERED & MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN

Strikingly, the U.S Department of Justice missing persons database has only reported 116 cases. The majority of these murders are committed by non-Native people on Native-owned land.
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How many MMIW are there in Canada?

MMIW Task Force Rally. Flickr. The exact number of Indigenous women who have been murdered or are missing in Canada is unknown, however, it is estimated to be over 4000 women with half of the murder cases remaining unsolved (Moeke-Pickering et al., 2018).
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What Their Stories Tell Us NWAC?

In March 2010, the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) released the report What Their Stories Tell Us, which provided evidence that 582 Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) women and girls have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the last generation.
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What does MMIWG2S stand for?

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S)
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How did natives bathe?

Like the Wampanoag, most Native Americans bathed openly in rivers and streams. And they also thought it was gross for Europeans to carry their own mucus around in handkerchiefs. Most Native people's teeth were also in much better shape than Europeans'.
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Do natives go bald?

Already famed for their long, straight, jet black hair, Native Americans have become something of a phenomenon in hair loss research circles. Scientific observation has discovered that some tribes are apparently completely immune to the most common form of hair loss – male pattern baldness.
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How did Native Americans shave?

However, if shaving were indeed necessary for shaving the head and other larger areas of the body, Native Americans would use an ancient wet shaving tool, the obsidian. This rugged, glass-like volcanic rock is a staple tool that Native Americans also used as knives.
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What does a red dress hanging in a tree mean?

The on-going project began in 2010 and commemorates missing and murdered indigenous women from the First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FNIM), and Native American communities by hanging empty red dresses in a range of environments.
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What is the story behind the red dress girl?

A Lady in Red or Red Lady is a type of female ghost, similar to the White Lady, but according to legend is more specifically attributed to a jilted lover, prostitute killed in a fit of passion, or woman of vanity. Such a figure is thereby seen as a victim of objectification.
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When can I wear a red dress?

A red dress is as classic as it gets for spring, as it's the ideal pop of color you're craving once the weather starts to shift and flowers are blooming around you.
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Who was the first MMIW?

The legacy of violence against first nations women and children dates back to the early 1600s when Matoaka, a young girl of 11 or 12, was kidnapped from her tribe and taken to England. You may know her as Pocahontas, but she is commonly considered the first MMIW.
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What is a Indigenous woman?

Indigenous women are seen as the protectors and custodians of cultural values and as the guarantors of their peoples' survival; violations of their cultural rights therefore tend to constitute spiritual violence against indigenous women.
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What national epidemic does the term stolen sisters refer to?

NWAC worked closely with families to gather the truths of our stolen sisters in order to support the call for action on the national epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls.
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What does the black handprint mean?

Enter your search terms: Black Hand, symbol and name for a criminal and terroristic secret society, and especially associated with the Mafia and the Camorra. The Black Hand flourished in Sicily in the late 19th cent., and in the United States it was especially active in New York City at the beginning of the 20th cent.
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