The Search: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | Fault Lines

Indigenous women in the United States experience some of the highest rates of violence and murder in the country, according to federal data.
Tribes and advocates attribute this to a confluence of factors - institutional racism, a lack of resources for tribes, and complicated jurisdictions that undermine tribal sovereignty. All of this has led to what tribal and federal officials have called a crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women in the US.
So why are indigenous women going missing in the US and what more could be done to address the problem? Fault Lines travelled across the western US to Washington, Montana and New Mexico to find out.
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[@patriciastiles3615]

Terrifying to think how many killers and serial killers there are getting away with this atrocity. I'm deeply sadden by your losses and pray that theres closure for you all. No one should ever have to go through that.😭

[@RaeZoladawn777]

some of us Indigenous women in Kanaka Canada believe the Govt has a lot to do with this because they have always wanted us dead ...there are to many of us missing for such a small pop of women on Turtle Island I am Metis from BC

[@VeganJustToAnnoyYou]

so you think praying will help these families?

[@Noelbluesky]

@@VeganJustToAnnoyYou It won't hurt.

[@hamishford5486]

It is now a proven fact that there is a MINIMUM of FOUR THOUSAND Serial Killers operating in the USA alone. Until world governments legalize drugs and spend 75% of the money saved from fighting a drug war it can NEVER EVER WIN into solving murders, the situation will only get worse. Coincidentally 75% of murders in the USA go unsolved already.

[@The_Great_Depression]

I’ve wondered that a lot. Knowing how little is done for them makes them an even bigger target

[@treybaybie1526]

ALYSSA MCLEMORE we love you cousin and will never give up!!!!

[@faithinhumanity3390]

Trey Baybie I’m so sorry sweetheart I’m still searching for my sister to and I can’t but I will find her one day . Please know I’m praying for you all

[@MikeKollin]

So so so sorry to hear about this.... Lots of tears...

[@carolinerowles5951]

I can't understand how the federal investigators get away with such a diabolical investigation. As an Englishwoman I apologize for the colonial rule we enforced. I wish you all the luck in getting the answers you need x

[@MissAshten]

A to B auto sales has a green service truck with the label Oregon Caves on the lift bed that's visible outside of where she was last seen on 30th and Kent Des Moines Rd. Has anyone investigated the employees of that auto yard and who drives that green truck? Read the reviews for the business. More than one person has felt creeped out by the employees there also. I'd be checking that lot and those junk car trunks and finding out who drives the green Ford 90s model flat bed truck

[@darkman7534]

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[@SMiLEYBAYBEE187]

This is also happening in mexico :( , I hope every single family thats been affected by this feminicide finds answers and peace in their hearts.

[@Baamablitsfn]

My mosum went to the U.N or something and told them about this and after he said these Mexican women came and said "you know the exact same thing is happening here"

[@silentkilla14]

@@Baamablitsfn Why don't you draw for the gat?

[@Baamablitsfn]

@@silentkilla14 huh

[@JH-cf9nn]

More people need to talk about this, makes me sick some people aren’t aware this is happening and has been for a long time.

[@karlaherrera1119]

Excuse my rant just makes me so mad!

[@bluscraps]

Yes. I was not aware this was happening and i am so sorry! This breaks my heart. My gut tells me though that someone in higher places...ie law enforcement or ? Are involved or at minimum being paid to keep quiet or botch investigations. Makes me mad!!!!

[@Galimah]

@@bluscraps Please provide proofs

[@themeek3624]

@@bluscraps Hundred percent the governments in on it, it’s always been that the first nations people represent our father in heaven, and The people that founded America as they are satanic. That’s why they killed them first Nations people because they represent our father in heaven anytime you want to see who represents God just look and see who is being murdered.

[@youreaquickone]

Bluscraps, proof it's happening? If that's what you meant did you watch the video?

[@marciayoung1094]

Why isn't any of this on the news ?? Instead they worry about who's going to the president, mean while there are thousands of true American women missing !! This breaks my Heart 💔, step up America politicians, do More to stop this and worry less than who's going to be the president

[@KKelly-ng1ni]

I think there is room to worry about both.

[@TerrifiedTaylorGaming]

I often wondered the same thing. 😭

[@misstaylor4064]

I was born and raised in Montana. I think it’s our system that’s failing these victims and their families.

[@terintiaflavius3349]

Trump increased funding to reservation law enforcement and there was a big press conference about it. How did you miss that? This issue is very complicated as the reservations are separate nations. I hope this stops. I pray for justice

[@RaeZoladawn777]

In Canda we believe it s the Govt trying to kill us

[@AllegedlyControversial]

I think it's different gangs of oilfield workers who are working in the camps near the reserves. Drugs/solicitation of prostitution/ and racism are rampant in the oilfield along with higher rates of ex-cons being employed.

[@asil7528]

And you're right, racism is rampant. A native with no experience and a record will get hired before a non native with ten years experience. Welcome to reality!

[@evelynh4116]

@@asil7528 so their Native women deserve to be missing and or kidnapped??? Stfu you Ignorant Swine

[@decemberkat]

Asil STFU

[@kayceemorehead4621]

And the cops ares completely complicit in committing and covering.

[@CurlyMedic03]

If true Justice is ever found in regards to real human life . We must end the 2 party voting system and actually become 1 world so that all are created equal. Believe women, Believe Men . These unjust murders are mere desperation of human nature to exploitation of people for financial gain .

[@amandasnowpikyavit7220]

My heart goes out to all the Missing and Murdered Indigenous women families. I pray for closures. Questions to be answered. Broken hearts to be healed. Love you all.

[@puppydog12000]

When you check in at a check station the trucking check points need to search the semi trucks Im serious there are high crimes happening

[@puppydog12000]

@@fawn4271 yeah I know sometimes I think the people across the road do it they always have a lot of cars over there and sometimes late late at night or early morning the couple or a couple come in and unload 2 sleeping kids. the other neighbor says that they own some car detail business or they keep cars that people drive to the airport, Which makes no sense and they use our road for their business its a neighbor hood and a dead end 3 houses on each side of the road thats all 6 all together, Its a cultisac

[@puppydog12000]

@@fawn4271 yeah I know sometimes I think the people across the road do it they always have a lot of cars over there and sometimes late late at night or early morning the couple or a couple come in and unload 2 sleeping kids. the other neighbor says that they own some car detail business or they keep cars that people drive to the airport, Which makes no sense and they use our road for their business its a neighbor hood and a dead end 3 houses on each side of the road thats all 6 all together, Its a cultisac

[@puppydog12000]

@@fawn4271 Im bad about it really cause I start talking and asking questions that are rude is what people say and I dont apologize because they want me to I just stand there and look at the person calling me rude sometimes I snarl at them but sometimes they tell me to leave, People suck

[@carolineullrich7323]

I was going to say truck drivers too. It's not unheard of. Hope the people responsible for these girls hideous deaths are caught.

[@liz62946]

To the family's and friends of the lovely young women and men who have been stolen from you, please accept my deepest condolences. This world is so harsh and cruel. Now know your Angels are with The Creator, who has them embraced with LOVING ARMS, and no one can hurt them anymore. sincerely, Liz Sending you much LOVE and Prayers from so called "canada" Where there's a disproportionate, of women and men who are going missing, FROM THEIR LAND & some are found later murdered here too. Our PM Truturd promised to investigate & instead he turns out he believes he's a rainbow unicorn with no backbone.... >:-/

[@jayy2949]

Thank you for your comment. Well put.

[@RaeZoladawn777]

thank you for your kindness

[@jacobcurtis]

"nobody has sewn the wound closed. the wound isn’t closed. so it’s getting an infection, and that’s what it’s doing. inside of our hearts. its infected, its poisoning our spirits, it causing us so much trauma. we have to keep searching for her. we can’t let anything stop us. because if we don’t look, who is going to look?"

[@sixteennumberthree5544]

Instead you're typing quotes and looking at youtube.

[@Diaz4prez]

@@sixteennumberthree5544 Hey how about you do us all a favor and STFU 🤫🖕😁

[@Noelbluesky]

@@sixteennumberthree5544 what exactly are YOU doing. Please be helpful, if you can't do that, at least be kind.

[@chioj36]

It makes me sick that this is basically a serial killer legal loophole...watch any episode of Forensic Files and they have all the technology under the sun to try and find these criminals. Yet, none of it is being implemented here - a careless cold shoulder to natives, like they haven’t suffered enough.

[@jrock8033]

Note the absence of indigenous men interviewed on what they're going to do about this problem.

[@seancrapola]

Who do you think is killing them?

[@derekpam7149]

Exactly!!

[@puppydog12000]

I BELIEVE THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY THE TRUCKERS MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A LOT OF MISSING WOMEN. THEY COULD EVEN BE IN MEXICO OR SOUTH AMERICA.

[@ramsaybaird2828]

I've thought this too. I've been driving a truck for several years now, and a lot of truckers are of a certain... personality type. Isolation does terrible things to people, and trucking is one of the most lonely and isolating jobs out there. There's a human trafficking advocacy group within the trucking industry called Truckers Against Trafficking, and I bet if they partnered with MMIW things would start getting done.

[@karinamoreno1741]

human trafficking too

[@germainebegay9216]

I hope she finds her sister. I'm Dine' fr Navajo Nation and I feel for my indigenous sisters across the US.

[@michaelarellanes7308]

Every tribal member that has how ever many social media pages, needs to put in each of their bio's, I Am Not A Runaway, I Am Not Suicidal. In order to lower the number of excuses or "proceedures" needed to take place before having cases such as these tooken seriously in conducting a search as well as an investigation.

[@jayy2949]

I ( being native and a woman myself) tell my friends and family point blank i will never leave without my kids , i will never leave with no or minimal notice period and i won't ever kill myself no matter how much sense the scene of the crime makes for a suicide and no matter what any police force or investigater insists, no matter how much it looks like suicide it will never be a suicide that takes me out. I remind them periodically as well. I don't care if there's a gun in my hand and suicide note in my hand writing or anything, i vow to you i won't have committed suicide. And as well i add " if it ever happens to come up....if I'm on life support...do not pull the plug i know it may seem weird but give me all the time i need cuz i will come back. Never pull the plug on me." They even repeat it back to me jokingly in the same manner in which i say it always. Like emphasis on every syllable in a certian rhythm. It's funny but it's not funny how much i say it.

[@JH-cf9nn]

That makes me sad to think you have to do that to make sure the police investigate. That makes me sick police should look for missing no matter what color, race , gender or spiritual beliefs. Breaks my heart for the families and the missing.

[@ginakelley749]

@@jayy2949 wherever you go, make sure you tell someone. The more people know, the easier to find you

[@terintiaflavius3349]

@@JH-cf9nn The problem being what police? Reservations are their own nation so their police or the Indian Bureau? Does the american fbi need to be called in by the Indian government or can the Indian Bureau call them in? See the problem? This is why weirdo killers target the Indian women, they know the treaty/legal situation and know they can get away with it

[@mvskoke3111]

This is a very good idea! I’m going to put this on mine!

[@megshein774]

I read a book about the MMIW topic. The majority of the murderers got caught, but the sentence they received was minimal. Once they got out, most of them continued where they left off, and raped and killed more. Then, they got caught again, and then got more minimal time, got out, and continued to kill. The way the predators were dealt with is astonishing. How is it that we don’t have a accountability on these people? How is it that the sentence for rape or death doesn’t have a minimum year sentence of at least 15years.... how is it that white males get let off easy? We need more documentaries on this, more videos, more media spotlight.... more advanced search teams, we need a caring system.

[@Galimah]

Please, can you give me directions?

[@apriln3264]

It's not white males doing this. It's their own family and friends. The Gladue report gets aboriginals off with little to no time, and they go back to kill and harm their own. THAT's the true reason most of these women are killed.

[@derekpam7149]

Because in CANADA it is hard to prove who raped or killed a prostitute as they are with numerous men in a night as well as drug addicts. So in CANADA they can’t just throw someone in jail on hearsay like the US. But now in Canada native gangs are selling and killing their own. Truth not blame is very important as natives here have received so much money by just blaming instead of accepting truth.

[@down2earth136]

My family is from Browning Montana where many women go missing as well. My mom moved off the reservation in the 1980s. She had a hard life on the reservation because she was also forced into a Native American boarding school in the 1960s. This is an epidemic and so close to home. I am researching MMIW for a research paper i will be writing.

[@misstaylor4064]

My father is from Browning/Cut Bank area, he was born in the 60’s. I wonder if he was forced in to a boarding school. His mother died when he was 6, him and his 2 brothers moved with my grandpa - they got a new “mom”, she was white.

[@queenofscrolls7585]

I would love to read your research paper if it is available somewhere

[@ChulaVlogs]

I been researching this for years this breaks my heart how can we help what can we do????? I’m obsessed with trying to figure this out WHY IS THIS HAPPENING!!!

[@brendashadley6007]

If we are living on Reservations and taken off murdered dumped on the line just outside or inside the law can't help because of the stupid laws BIA and tribal police only tell laws are changed these killer's will keep killing us off... So the law's have to change it's not that they don't want to help they can't also there's tons of Native's killing native woman the outside law has there hands tied it's like catch 22 it needs to be changed

[@theallseeingeye9388]

Native communities the world over are often not very receptive to policing from and by people outside of their own community. They often do not share information or their thoughts on crimes committed inside their reservations or lands with outsiders.

[@frankhartman323]

Just pure evil in mens hearts!

[@MrBrownstainbear]

It is because native men do not treat the most vulnerable in their communities very well. It is hard to hear because we want to blame it on white men as an easy out but like most murders the people involved are mostly their family members and community members. Why it happens is because there are not strong consequences, the people being murdered are the lowest status in their communities and it is hard to complete investigations on reservations for many reasons.

[@MrBrownstainbear]

@@jtarantula3390 you must be sarcastic

[@ronnieredcloud197]

Fire Cloud is supporting Warrior Women, CREATORS of LIFE! We need to come together and protect our CREATORS. Our help us needed for our Warrior Women. Stand together to release our inner spirit as our ansestors did long ago. Honor our Warrior Women, CREATORS of LIFE!!! Mitakuye oyasin Pilamaya yelo

[@rolucia123]

It is a crying shame how the law enforcement agencies are failing the first people in America. My heart goes out to you all. Peace & love from Namibia, Africa. 🥰🌹

[@5373NSMAG]

It all starts with us as native peoples. We gotta quit ignoring the problems with drugs and especially alcohol which is the driving factor for this problem and many of the problems we have.

[@leti1123]

Seriously! Breaking generational curses!! 😔 the devil is a liar!!!

[@McCookieParty]

Prayers lifted for this family and tobacco put out... Time heals most wounds. But it doesn't take away the hurt of losing a young woman who was loved and is still being searched for. I am from Minnesota and there's a lot of native women that go missing here too. It's awful. I'm glad for this documentary bringing light to this crisis.

[@vad3742]

Seeing that baby sister cry for her big sis was just hard to watch!!

[@gwendolynsinclair]

My heartfelt prayers go out to these missing sisters & to all of their loved ones. Thank you for sharing your stories. May they not be in vain 🕊🌹❤️

[@MrJackydragon]

The laws need to be changed. That is tragic that the indigenous police have limited powers. Did I hear right? They cannot arrest non native suspects?

[@reneezeyen4991]

Unfortunately this is true ☹

[@MrJackydragon]

@@reneezeyen4991 Wow! So non natives can go about committing crimes and not get arrested by local native police. That is wrong on so many levels.

[@user-ys7zc6it8l]

Unfourntely true. Non natives that live near reservation knows this and takes advantage of this law, because tribal officials have no jurisdiction outside of the reservation and we also dont have the proper authority to prosecute these individuals.

[@shamimoonshaik1395]

What kind of law is that 😡

[@JH-cf9nn]

Crazy there needs to be a way for non native who commit crime against indigenous people to be arrested. Why should any police have limitations to police their land.?

[@garyclarke8099]

So sad for the families, no closure either way. Must be horrific to be in constant limbo

[@Noelbluesky]

It is. 💔

[@lvgxc10]

@@Noelbluesky Your not living in limbo as well are you?

[@eighthocean145]

So much money to be made in human trafficking, must be stopped.

[@jazwar3285]

Beautiful, painful, truthful, and real. Love, heartache, hope, and efforts to all of the survivors of this tragic epidemic.

[@debismyfriend2915]

We have to protect our women.

[@kevintwoheart5179]

Awe this is so sad 😢 and heartbreaking 💔 hopefully they find her soon I pray for for all the families to get Justice and closure for their missing loved ones

[@zelayadivina]

Thank you for bringing more awareness to this issue.

[@marilynb8136]

All of the missing people are not a priority!!! The media as well as most law enforcement don't make this worthy of their time. It's beyond tragic!!!

[@xwrtk]

Those investigators who did help eventually gave up as it was hard. One native girl was found because she was trafficked along side non-native girls.

[@dw2025]

Heartbreaking. What can we (general public) do to help? Sending prayers for all these families and for the safety of indigenous people, particularly women, everywhere.

[@ojiblady9496]

Be an active Ally to every Indigenous person and community around you. Acknowledge the Land you live on. Listen to us when we speak and then follow our advice. Research how you can be an ally. Have conversations with Indigenous ppl and then share with your peers what you have learned. There are so many ways to be a good ally to our Indigenous ppl.

[@aka99]

Kudos to Al Jazeera to bring up this

[@pixie7435]

Imagine her mama, on her deathbed wanting her babygirl . And not knowing where she was and that she's missing, only to die 2 days later wondering where your precious baby is . Absolutely beyond devastating! I don't pray , I dont believe in the mainstream God. But whatever is out there I pray that they find her . Indigenous peoples throughout the world are being beyond failed. All schools need to be taught this horrific truth worldwide . Absolutely horrific. No words to describe how beyond heart wrenching these missing indigenous peoples cases are. And they have absolutely zero to minimal awareness

[@user-fs7qr5io4c]

It’s unbelievable how our indigenous people are being looked over. I didn’t want to eat thanksgiving this year , let alone make it. 💔

[@tennesseerose6400]

Thank you for speaking out for >indigenous women< and providing a platform

[@kevanwebb85]

There is also an amazing Fault Lines about the Canadian Indegenous Women on the same theme.

[@muhammad-bin-american]

Some of these crimes I hear about in America are actually quite shocking even to those of us that survived wars. Sadistic bastards roaming around killing people just for fun.

[@queenie.lawyergirl.pittymom]

missing all my sisters that didn't make it home, missing all my sisters that were murdered and dumped, missing all my sisters that were stolen and discarded!!!!!! Love you girls!! ALWAYS IN MY HEART, NEVER FORGOTTEN!!!! SISTERS FOREVER!!!

[@carolineullrich7323]

To the family of the missing and or deceased. I am so sorry for your loss. Something that one can never forget or overcome. May she Rest In Peace. My condolences to each family.

[@oliviabach5116]

I live in Washington and this is just heartbreaking. Please find our indegious brothers and sisters ❤

[@cynthiacuriel540]

I have written so many comments four or five times an erased what I've said it's so hard to say anything when you see people in so much pain and not getting any answers I'm so sorry you're not getting the answers you need I will pray for you all of you to find the strength and support you need everyday I will try to remember these women in my heart and pray they all get Justice and if not at least for their families to find peace somehow and strength to keep going I can't imagine the pain God bless😭😭😭😭😭💔

[@CIA_Killed_JFK]

We need to start training native women how to shoot a pistol at the age of 14 and allow them the right to defend themselves.. This hurts my heart 💔

[@CDN1975]

This is Canada's story too. Heartbreaking.

[@shaiannecamerongeorge7569]

I just finished the book highway of tears and it’s deeestroyed me. These beautiful women taken and their families and communities forever changed is something so hard to think about :(

[@The_Great_Depression]

Hennys family telling their story brought me to tears. It’s one of far, far too many.

[@harrietomahoney9370]

It hurts my heart to know that some of these beautiful families will never get answers or closure for their missing or murdered daughters, sisters and mothers.❤️

[@angeldaniel7360]

indigenous women need more attention and justice!!!!

[@ginakelley749]

This is outrageous! All of us women should have the same rights! No woman should be considered easy prey!

[@gustavogonzalez2050]

I pray that a genuine and effective approach will be implemented to this crimes. Keep spreading the word 😢

[@jewelslynn1518]

in Canada indigenous women are the highest for missing and murdered women also, i am also native, my friend went missing and was never found.....it breaks my heart that all over indigenous women go missing and light isn't brought to this problem or given the attention its needed.

[@derekpam7149]

Wrong it’s actually drug addicts, hitchhikers and prostitutes not just natives in Canada. The ones that go missing on reserves are not spoken of but are killed by native gangs. Others are prostituted out by native gangs. If natives do more drugs, prostitution and hitchhiking yes that makes them easy prey for bad people but they are not the only race in the world singled out to be killed. Do you help your fellow native family? Do you give rides to the ones that would have hitchhiked? Do you take account of your sisters on the street to keep them safer or offer them a way out? Do you help your sisters addicted to drugs? No you don’t you would rather blame then act. Women of ALL RACES are killed everyday in huge numbers in Canada not only natives. Actually at this point DV victims are out numbering your sisters. And most DV victims are WHITE. You want to help go to the motels and save them from the native gangs, demand the men in native gangs be in prison instead of healing lodges and take care of your community. There is NO LOVE among natives it’s insane you all say my sister or brother wow

[@NicholleChristineEdwards]

I’ve been talking about this for years. They delete my profiles because of it. Now you are finally speaking? Seriously? 🦅

[@atallnobody934]

Recently I always thought that Native Americans was a a group of people within this country that is ignored and sometimes ( especially in the U.S) when the majority of or a country is made to recognize their wrongdoings to a group of people, they tend to ignore the people they oppressed, the pain that was caused; it baffles me that native Americans are having a femicide and this is not on the news; and we all know if it was white people it would be all over the news. Americans today are not taught the history of native Americans and so when they hear these stories (also the stories of genocide) within the country they deny it like a projection. Ignorance is bliss to some people because it seems less challenging, however, for things to heal and change you have to confront and be aware of it

[@janeekacorbett7882]

I’m Athabaskan from Alaska and I’m just so heartbroken and angered by this! All of these beautiful, amazing, smart, talented young women stolen from their families. The lack of response to this is maddening. If it were groups of white women going missing there would be outrage. Something would be done, and it saddens me that so many women have been missing for decades and they’re just starting the conversation. It is years from protecting us, but I have to hope that we’re going to finally start to. If not, I’ve got to do something myself.

[@puppydog12000]

and my parents were worried and they asked the cops and told the cops and I had just gotten out of the hospital from a open head injury/ You are just a bigot Im glad you show it instead of letting people think youre cool and then you attack them when they are weak and alone.

[@gingertrapper5020]

Changes need to be made! Federal needs to not be a part of this let these tribes govern there own nations! What it seems is we aren’t thought of as smart humans when we are still here after colonization and genocide

[@peacebewithyou6055]

Unimaginable pain 😢

[@Orophile_303]

I'm not native, but I have mexican indigenous blood, but I was raised here in the US and I absolutely admire and adore the Native American cultures and have studied tribes a lot. Breaks my heart that this is happening to the native women 💔😭 I see the natives and I see strength, pride, joy, but also immense pain and tragedy.

[@derekpam7149]

Natives are technically South American lol

[@armagedon0264]

As a black man what do you think society do to us

[@foxywhitetip7387]

And what do black in black crime ? And black on white crime !

[@erin.v.m657]

What are you doing about black on black crime, and a fatherless rate of 70% ?

[@annmarieschantz9724]

This is so sad. I hope these videos will help raise awareness for these missing children.

[@colint7743]

CANADA - It's remarkable how similar these cases are in two different countries. However when our reservations have their own police force, completely different !.

[@Noelbluesky]

Heartbreaking reality. I lost my best friend who disappeared in 1972. Law Enforcement never told us exactly what happened, but we heard rumors. 😢💔🙏

[@tiad2125]

I live local to the area Alyssa went missing and we are the same exact age..I dont remember really ever hearing anything about her going missing...and that's sad! I had a friend around the same time go missing from kent and they barely aired anything about her either.

[@cooksheather]

😢 breaks your heart!💔

[@fiercelove1968]

BIA law enforcement! Need i say more..smh..

[@joshuafindora0763]

Why are the families of their missing loved ones having to do their own searches. What is going on.

[@saurabhmishrashandilye]

How this can happen in the most secure and safe country in the world. There is something fishy in this. The government even don't have their data. I heard that in the US everyone is under surveillance, everyone has SSN number and government have their all information from biometric data to their movement to their credit card information, how can people just disappear and there is no information about them.

[@tabs1505]

Jeffrey Samson it is not impossible. It’s systematic oppression causing this, legislation and LISTENING TO INDIGENOUS people is how we can solve this

[@jayy2949]

@Jeffrey Samson this is not true

[@dennisx4492]

I live 10 minutes from Kent, WA. This is frightening

[@MaryLou913]

Maybe as women we need to invest in some firearms. I mean at this point 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@MrBrownstainbear]

But are you prepared to shoot your husband/boyfriend or family members?

[@viciousvendetta5706]

9:09 "Undervalue Native women to see us as less than human to see us as exotic and sexy and easy to use and abuse". Wow it sound so similar along the "Asian Fetish" mentality and expectations.

[@annetteslife]

The Same thing with Indigenous women and girls is happening here in Canada as well

[@emilycardinal8505]

It’s way worse in Canada we call it a genocide now

[@ortegaortega4571]

This makes me made ....yeah there making video's but are government could care less about native/Indian woman 💯

[@razorsharplifestyle101hard9]

You ain't lying.Everybody knows it's all about money with them.If it don't make dollars it don't make sense.

[@silviapinamonjaras9175]

Why won't the government help to look for them.. Investigators need to be involved...

[@xwrtk]

Investigators have been involved like a very few. Most leads have gone cold. The native Americans in American government have addressed the issue before. The FBI is more tracking the stats rather than helping. They did find a few bodies this year unlike last year when many cold cases were actually being worked on. Sad but some closure.

[@kathyabeauty]

How terribly sad and tragic.

[@terrylucas630]

Sending love and blessings to all the families ❤️🙏

[@kimberlyk3928]

The highway of tears in BC Canada from Prince Rupert to Prince George has had many First Nations women still missing. It’s so sad 😢

[@johnnyaingel5753]

TRUTH it is happening everywhere

[@user-ys7zc6it8l]

I was doing some research the other day about the issues with tribal jurisdiction. The federal government handles alot of these cases even if the perpetrator and victim are both native. According to the U.S. department of Justice, in 2011, the department didnt prosecute 65% of rape cases that were reported on reserve, and 85% of those cases, the assailant were non natives. They also tried to add a provision to the Voilance against wome act in 2013 for native womens, but some Republicans members blocked it. The reason unknown.

[@teamcougars]

Unfortunately the laws regarding outside law enforcement’s being allowed to get involved with anything that happens on a reservation are very limited unless they are asked to get involved 😢

[@Jacq.b.Prince-hu1wn]

Thank you

[@CurlyMedic03]

God bless and comfort this family. This is heart breaking.

[@zzhoundzz8403]

Prayers up. May 5 2020 ~Rochester NY

[@moonlightdancer5495]

sending healing prayers and hugs to the families

[@Sunny25611]

To date we have 9 missing in Minnesota over the last 18 years and they aren’t all young. Two were last seen leaving casinos in spite of cameras and high security in place.

[@rasheedacelestin6949]

we need new people working in the law enforcement... stuff like this motivates me to work for it and fix it and help families

[@skmerwitz4758]

All these people getting away with murder. Not right . My great grandma and grandma dad have Indian. Needs to change

[@Alasdair37448]

This is truly heartbreaking 😢

[@Hannah-hg]

We have the same problem in Canada 🇨🇦 or even worst it breaks my heart

[@cgil1974]

I am so sorry for your loss, pain, and void left in your spirits and hearts. You are in our hearts, minds and prayers.

[@timothyball3144]

MMIW needs more awareness.

[@carolineullrich7323]

AMAZING AMERICA CANT COVER THIS. MIND BOGGLING.

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

"That's Not My Job ". I wonder if they would feel the same way if it was there daughter, sister, niece or wife? This country is disgusting with the way it treats Indigenous People. They should be treated with respect and dignity. Or how about just human beings instead of second class citizens? My heart and love goes out to all of you. You will find closure and peace. Just know that there are people who care, are vocal about this issue and support it. Be it financially or otherwise. I do ❤ MMIW

[@ravennelson827]

The Government says they are looking, but we don't see it. they say they are listening ,but they don't hear what we are saying. we are the invisable in this land of our ancestors. the laws seem to work only against us not for us. we are the lost in our own land...

[@graytiger24]

Thank you for all my sister's friends life

[@latasharoddan7202]

Human trafficking is the first thing that come to mind especially those who's bodies have not been found. God bless these beautiful people I hope God gives them all the justice they so deserve and need to have closure.

[@krscott7]

We want to see a correct database of all missing men women, and children.

[@shastaacosta9156]

Oh my heaven's!!!! Sending prayers and love to you and your family today! This will be stopped and not left unheard in Jesus name... This is a huge concern and I want to help share this story and help you advocate for justice! Big hugs... Shasta Acosta

[@godschildyes]

My God! How can the authorities be so nonchalant about these cases?! Oh how my heart just breaks for all of the families who are dealing with this! I am so very sorry and my prayers are so ferverent for you! Love you! 🙏😔😢💞

[@xiozone1353]

Henny parent’s request a second autopsy. The body was exhumed no traces of raped was found. The bruises found on her body where of the body position .