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Do you know what the red hand means?
Nope. Its a symbolic representation of violence that affects Indigenous women across Canada, the United States and beyond.Blood on his hands.
Only in your worldNope. Its a symbolic representation of violence that affects Indigenous women across Canada, the United States and beyond.
Only in your world
Today is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Day of Awareness. You may have seen the hashtags: #MMIWG #WhyWeWearRed #NoMoreStolenSisters #NotInvisible You may have seen your colleagues posting pictures of themselves wearing red or with a red hand-print on their faces. We do this because we can’t march to show our solidarity. We do this to bring attention to the injustices indigenous women continue to experience in the 21st Century.
The powerful image of a red handprint has come to symbolize the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women movement as a way to represent the thousands of women who have been silenced.
Beyond politics and detective work, the handprint has found its way into art and fashion as a way to raise awareness.
Our women, girls, and two-spirts are being taken from us in an alarming way. As of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. 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. The lack of communication combined with jurisdictional issues between state, local, federal, and tribal law enforcement, make it nearly impossible to begin the investigative process.
Like I said only in your worldWhy We Wear Red | American Indian Policy Institute
Today is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Day of Awareness. You may have seen the hashtags: #MMIWG #WhyWeWearRed #NoMoreStolenSisters #NotInvisible You may have seen your colleagues posting pictures of themselves wearing red or with a red hand-print on their faces. We do...aipi.asu.edu
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The powerful image of a red handprint
Sandra Hale Schulman Special to Indian Country Today The powerful image of a red handprint has come to symbolize the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women movementindiancountrytoday.com
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MMIW — Native Womens Wilderness
www.nativewomenswilderness.org
You didn't know what you were talking about when you first said and you still don't know what you're talking about.Like I said only in your world
Nope. Its a symbolic representation of violence that affects Indigenous women across Canada, the United States and beyond.