Missing Murdered Indian Women
The Epedimic MMIW
is Still Rampant in North America
My personal family history with MMIW
MMIW has affected my life as far back as 1954 to present.
My mother, Mary Rose Brought Plenty, was murdered in the month of December, 1954 at the age of 35 and was buried on my birthday 12/23/1954. She was murdered by an Indigenous man.
My niece, Miss Paha Sapa was murdered in the during Winter Holiday in 1981 at the age of 17. She was on her way home from University but never made it. She was found face down in a ditch in the state of Nebraska. No investigation was ever held and no one was ever prosecuted for my niece's murder.
My grandson, Dallas Quick Bear, was murdered on 2/28/2022. It was a hate crime in Rapid City, South Dakota. As of today, no one has has prosecuted for his murder.
Mary Rose Brought Plentry
Miss Paha Sapa
Dallas Quick Bear
The FBI's National Crime Information Center reported 5,203 missing Indigenous girls
and women in 2021 — disappearing at a rate equal to more than two and a half times their estimated share of the U.S. population. Indigenous women are also two times more likely to be victims of rape compared to white women.
For More Information on MMIW, click the links below.
Native Hope
BIA.Gov
CSVANW.Org
Vice News Documentary on MMIW
Showtime Original; Murder In Big Horn
Showtime series that highlights the plight of MMIW
CBS News; Missing and Murdered Crisis
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous people crisis explained