For those who did not attend the MMIW panel, please watch this 35 min video on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women called Our Sisters In Spirit. What did you learn? What are your thoughts? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdzM6krfaKY
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It sad to hear the mother of these girls speak about how little the law enforcement did to help. The law enforcement in general did not follow protocol and failed to check up on the families multiple times. The families had to do so much themselves to advance the search for the girls. It blows my mind how awful all of it is.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with the narrator when he said that we must make change and never forget the women who were murdered or missing. Marches and speeches should occur all over to spread awareness on the issue as it is only getting worse. It is a really tragic issue that affects so many people personally. Overall, I really liked the documentary. It was very powerful.
I think that the percentage of victims of homicides and other violent crimes that indigenous women account for is staggering and demands action to address the root cause of this problem. According to the documentary, while indigenous women and girls only make up 4% of the female population., they account for 16% of female homicides. It is clear that these statistics are not mere correlations but are in fact, what the narrator refers to as a “sociological phenomena”.
ReplyDeleteThe testimony from the families of victims was heartbreaking and it was baffling to me that despite clear statistics, this problem largely was ignored by many politicians. I think many of the solutions that are presented throughout the video represent potentially promising ways of addressing the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women. One such solution is a deeper structured database for the missing, which will allow for more killers to be found and will also give families more peace of mind knowing that these problems are being addressed. I think one of the speakers in the film is correct when she says that “we don’t need to talk about numbers anymore. We need to take action.” The problem of indigenous women being disproportionately affected by violent crime is one that still persists, and it is time to find a solution to address it.
I learned the very interesting statistics about how indigenous women experience violence at a much higher rate in comparison to the wider female population, which definitely does make me think about what prompts this horrible statistic.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was very sad but also echoes the general sentiment that I feel the wider world population holds about Native Americans when the law enforcement did not try to help out. I have even had people mention that they did not think Native Americans were still alive, and that’s how out of sight and therefore out of the mind indigenous people are in modern societies. Beyond the cry for help from law enforcement, I think it is much more egregious how little politicians care for Native communities.
I think solutions may be a little hard to come across, especially ones which will be successful, in the case of aiding murdered and missing indigenous women, as so few people outside of our communities actually care about our situation, so our cries for help fall on deaf ears. But nonetheless a solution to this problem is greatly needed. I agree with Kris about his statement of the structured database of indigenous women who are afflicted by these crimes, because data will at least help us gauge the scope and cause, and at best lead us to a solution.
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