NEVER FORGET On any given month in the past decade, a range of 27 to 54 Indigenous women and girls are listed as missing in Minnesota. https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/murdered-and-missing-indigenous-women-and-relatives-remembered “This day was really started, and we continue to hold it, to make sure we raise awareness, to make sure that people pay attention, to make sure that our stories are heard in the media … we hear a lot of stories about missing and murdered people, but they’re not often Black and brown people, so we want to make sure that our stories get out there, that our people’s faces get out there.” Nicole Matthews, founding executive director of Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC)" "The reality of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives is as old as European settlers manifesting a genocidal destiny in North America and later founding the United States. Over 56 million Indigenous people on the continent were killed by European settlers in just the 1500s and at least 12 million Indigenous people were killed in what’s now the U.S. from 1492 to 1900. Centuries later, settler-colonial violence continues to take root in different forms including state-run child welfare and criminal justice systems, continuation of boarding schools, human trafficking, man camps near reservations, substance abuse, poverty and houselessness. In Minnesota, eight percent of all murdered women and girls are Indigenous despite only making up one percent of the population, according to a 2023 Wilder Research report “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives.” #IndigenousFeminism #MMIR #NativeLivesMatter #MMIW #MMIWG #SearchTheLandFills #BringThemHome #EnoughIsEnough #BradyLandfill #CampMorgan #Indigenous #NDNZ #DefendTheSacred