In recent years, awareness and calls for justice for Indigenous Women have been slowly growing, with many on social media and at organised events choosing to wear red handprints across their mouths, with matching red dresses, all as a way of showing solidarity and spreading awareness of the MMIW epidemic.
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Invisible Genocide: What is the MMIW Movement?
Despite the MMIW epidemic showing no signs of stopping, there is a criminal lack of information being spread by governing bodies across the United States and Canada, much less action being taken to protect First Nations Women. MMIW refers to ‘Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’. In this article, we’ll be discussing topics such as, ‘how many MMIW are there?’ and taking a look into the basics of the movement, as well as what we can all do to help stop the crisis.
Culturally Confused 