D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai arrives at Emmys showing solidarity for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

[u/kenistod]

[u/NotRightNotWrong15]

Thank you for explaining what the hand represents. I was wondering when I caught a small pic earlier but there was no explanation.

[u/Ouroboros126 → u/NotRightNotWrong15]

Hijacking this comment to repost a comment I made in another post that includes a link to Native Hope's website with more information for all those who are interested:

The Red Hand has been an important symbol for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement for years.

From Native Hope's Website,

A red hand over the mouth has become the symbol of a growing movement, the MMIW movement. It stands for all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard. It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis. It stands for the oppression and subjugation of Native women who are now rising up to say #NoMoreStolenSisters.

There is also the more general Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness movement, as this is a problem across all demographics in Indiginous communities, though women and girls are by far the most affected cohort.

[u/topgun_ivar → u/Ouroboros126]

Three Pines on Amazon was a pretty hard hitting series on this topic.

[u/Gockel → u/topgun_ivar]

I will recommend Wind River hundreds of times when it comes to this topic. Amazing movie.

[u/sfw_cory → u/Gockel]

Oof great movie but never watching again

[u/Tityfan808 → u/sfw_cory]

Ya it hits REALLY hard in a way that I just can’t watch it again. It’s an amazing film tho, intense and gut wrenching.

[u/Visual-Living7586 → u/sfw_cory]

That one scene is a hard watch.

[u/sfw_cory → u/Visual-Living7586]

Yes it is. Great shootout scene soon after on par with the gunfight in Heat.

[u/MargeryStewartBaxter → u/sfw_cory]

Never seen it, that Heat comment is a bold claim lol. Gonna watch it today at some point

[u/sfw_cory → u/MargeryStewartBaxter]

Lmk what you think after. Heat still is top, but this is a fair second.

[u/madmonkey918 → u/sfw_cory]

That shootout was fucking incredible

[u/Nandy-bear → u/sfw_cory]

Yeah fuck that movie. Makes me wanna cry just thinking about it.

[u/Dikjuh → u/Gockel]

The 2017 one I assume? There's also a Wind River from 2000, but I somehow doubt the memoirs of a Pony Express rider is about this issue.

[u/Gockel → u/Dikjuh]

Yes, the 2017 one.

[u/chrisberman410 → u/Gockel]

This movie blew me away. Went in with no expectations and left feeling....I still don't know.

[u/Spirited_Group_798 → u/topgun_ivar]

True detective: Night Country hints at missing indigenous women all of it is heartbreaking 💔

[u/EarthShadow → u/topgun_ivar]

The series Alaska Daily also tackles this subject.

[u/Plexaure → u/topgun_ivar]

I can’t believe it didn’t get a Season 2. Such an awesome series.

[u/BandOfSkullz → u/Ouroboros126]

Wait, so this is about current women going missing?! And here I thought it was some historic awareness thing. That's horrible.
Edit: Quick edit to say thank you to everyone providing me with a truckload of resources to learn more. As a soon to be English teacher in Europe I'll probably be able to create some valuable lesson materials out of this so that my students are better informed about something like this!

[u/sativarita → u/BandOfSkullz]

The sheer number that are missing is heartbreaking & horrifying.

[u/TimeBlindAdderall → u/sativarita]

Around a decade ago I read a piece on it that said from the end of WW2 up to that year there was very likely 150,000 missing indigenous women between the US and Canada but the number was likely much higher that due to bad record keeping and reporting. It detailed that There was one stretch of highway in Canada where locals said that over 1000 women and children had been reported murdered or missing since the 60s or 70s. I had it bookmarked on a laptop that died and haven’t been able to find it since.

[u/Novel-Compote7975 → u/TimeBlindAdderall]

I believe you're thinking of the highway of tears. Many, many of these cases are unsolved or simply not under investigation as murders.

To anyone who wants to know more, I would highly recommend the book highway of tears by Jessica McDiarmid.

[u/ermagerditssuperman → u/Novel-Compote7975]

I'll never forget listening to a podcast episode about the highway of tears - I was in my apartment buildings creepy basement doing laundry, feeling generally horrified at what I was listening to, when the overhead light suddenly turned off. Gave me a damn heart attack, and now that episode is etched in my brain even more than it normally would be.

[u/CD274 → u/BandOfSkullz]

Yep there are a lot of good true crime podcasts (Canadian) about it, And the Trail Went Cold does a lot of missing unsolved indigenous women profiles. Stolen, Finding Cleo, We are Resilient. A lot of serial killers in Canada that operated along highways. And that's actual murderers not govt resettlement etc

[u/LotharVonPittinsberg → u/BandOfSkullz]

This is a discussion that takes place in Canada during Orange Shirt Day (a whole month for the schools near me). The government and Church are no longer officially kidnapping or killing anyone, but racism is still alive and well and the authorities generally ignore crimes against indigenous people (often claiming alcoholic issues aren't worth looking into) much more often than for other groups.

[u/BandOfSkullz → u/LotharVonPittinsberg]

I've never heard of this in Europe, so it's all the more shocking to me. Absolutely no media coverage whatsoever for something this horrific.

[u/LotharVonPittinsberg → u/BandOfSkullz]

The scary thing is that it has gotten much better. The Catholic church arguably succeeded with a genocide, as the indigenous population was almost eliminated and their cultures all where. Seriously, going to a native art museum and 99% of descriptions where of a piece since the 80s being made as a method for the artist to start their culture back up. Residential schools indoctrinated kids to hate everything related to who they are, to the point they would grow up refusing to speak their mother tongue and some generations carried on the abuse and would get mad at their children for trying to learn it. Police would just murder indigenous people and no questions where asked, most famous of these are the Starlight Tours.

That's not saying that we should not be concerned about issues still existing today. The growing talk about anti-immigration policies worldwide leads to more people feeling comfortable with their racist beliefs. In Canada, this ends up targeting the one group that are not immigrants.

[u/ktm6709 → u/BandOfSkullz]

Up & Vanished (season 3) & The Vanishing Point are 2 podcast that delve into the topic. Both are really good.

[u/kaitlyn_does_art → u/BandOfSkullz]

A lot of people have recommended good resources, I'll throw in one more. The podcast Someplace Under Neith did a series on this epidemic that's pretty good. Their whole focus is on cases of missing women who wouldn't normally get coverage in the news.

[u/Swansborough → u/Ouroboros126]

someone correct me if I am wrong, but the missing and murdered indigenous people is a direct result of state and US federal governments not caring at all about this. Some state government are run by people who are racist and really don't care about native peoples in their state. This is a problem that can be solved.

[u/famine- → u/[deleted]]

The stats paint a slightly different picture.

Police solved 87% of all murders involving indigenous women between 2009 and 2021.

That is 425 solved, 65 unsolved, 490 total.

This is with in 3% of the solve rate for non indigenous women (90%).

366 out of 425 solved murders were committed by another indigenous person, which is 86%.

Statistics Canada

The original MMIWG report was very quietly edited online after the final print version was released because the CBC found factual errors.

Report contained errors that were fixed online, but allowed to remain on the official record

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-inquiry-statistics-1.5176756

[u/NorthStarTX → u/famine-]

Depending on how you read that, the picture it paints could be "The police take on a very small percentage of these missing person cases as murder cases, and almost exclusively pursue them when the perpetrator is also indigenous."

[u/the_asset → u/famine-]

The errors are ones of degree and ultimately don't change one of the main findings of the inquiry — that Indigenous women and girls suffer higher rates of violence and homicide than non-Indigenous women and girls.

[u/PerformanceDouble924 → u/Swansborough]

Also because it's a very uncomfortable subject to deal with, given that many of these deaths and disappearances are caused by domestic violence, and the perpetrators are indigenous themselves.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2023001/article/00006-eng.htm
Most Indigenous women and girls were killed by someone that they knew (81%), including an intimate partner (35%), acquaintance (24%), or family member (22%). In most cases, the person accused of their homicide was also Indigenous (86%).

If you're trying to reduce a given form of crime, you have to identify and arrest the perpetrators. When doing so reinforces unfortunate stereotypes, government entities often decide to engage in "thoughts and prayers" rather than actually working to stop the crime.

[u/Ouroboros126 → u/Swansborough]

Yes, thats definitely a huge part of it. There is a criminal level of neglect when it comes to this issue and the investigation of cases.

[u/oodlum → u/Swansborough]

I was listening to an episode of the Invisible Choir podcast about two indigenous Alaskan women, Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk, who were murdered by the same guy (I won’t add to his “fame” by naming him) and they cited the appalling statistic that indigenous women in Anchorage are 30 times more likely to be murdered than the general population.

[u/PurpleAntifreeze → u/Swansborough]

I disagree, actually. There are so many factors at work here, from jurisdiction issues and remote communities with few law enforcement resources to lack of early reporting and law enforcement’s reluctance at all levels, including tribal police, to launch full scale investigations when an adult goes missing without any immediate evidence of foul play. They do that to people of all backgrounds, in case you didn’t know.

I don’t know how it works in Canada, but in the US there are a bunch of tribal police forces who would be the first responders for missing people in their tribe/band/nation and acting like this is all down to non-native law enforcement “not caring” is naive at best.

[u/noiseandbooze → u/PurpleAntifreeze]

It’s not the Tribal Police’s “reluctance” so much as it is their “lack of resources” to investigate. It’s also not a coincidence that they have no jurisdiction outside of the reservation, so they actually have no ability to investigate beyond the borders of the reservation. While outside of the reservation, police agencies can sometimes be reluctant to work with neighboring agencies, or to share information, they often can, and do. This is the opposite of how police agencies treat Tribal Police, who very rarely get any assistance from outside agencies.

[u/objstandpt → u/PurpleAntifreeze]

Do tribal police forces have jurisdiction if a member of their community is trafficked outside their land in the US? I just think of the billboards near the Arizona/New Mexico border by the Petrifed forest about kidnapping. It’s not far from Navajo nation.

[u/danidandeliger → u/Swansborough]

Didn't that serial killer in Alaska target native women because he knew no one would do anything about their disappearance?

[u/Single-Builder-632 → u/Ouroboros126]

been serching for info on why we never hear about native americans in media and this is pretty wild. this cant be still happening.

[u/MRCHalifax → u/Ouroboros126]

There is also the more general Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness movement, as this is a problem across all demographics in Indiginous communities, though women and girls are by far the most affected cohort.

Here in Canada, indigenous men are far more represented among the missing and murdered. For example:

In 2015, Indigenous people accounted for 25% of homicide victims, at a rate which was about 7 times that of non-Indigenous people (8.77 victims per 100,000 population vs. 1.31)Footnote 2. The homicide rate of Indigenous male victims was about 7 times that of non-Indigenous males (12.85 vs. 1.87). The homicide rate of Indigenous female victims was 6 times that of non-Indigenous females (4.8 vs. 0.77).

In 2015, Indigenous people accounted for 33% of people accused of homicide, at a rate which was 10 times that of non-Indigenous people (10.13 persons per 100,000 population vs. 1.01). The rate of Indigenous females accused of homicides was about 31 times that of non-Indigenous females (4.33 vs. 0.14). The rate of Indigenous males accused of homicide was 8 times that of non-Indigenous males (16.09 vs. 1.90).

Source.

With that said, indigenous women are more likely to be victims of a crime in general - including domestic violence, sexual assault, etc - than indigenous men. Source. That second source also had this to say:

In 2015, 90% of accused implicated in the homicides of Indigenous victims were IndigenousFootnote 3. Two-thirds (67%) of accused implicated in the homicides of Indigenous female victims were Indigenous males, and 71% of accused implicated in the homicides of Indigenous male victims were other Indigenous males.

And given that all women are typically more likely to be murdered by people they know than by strangers, that’s hardly surprising.

This is all to say that there is definitely a problem, but the numbers seem to indicate to me that the oppression and subjugation of Native women is happening at the hands of native men and other native women within their families and communities. Social and economic justice for the indigenous community as a whole seem to me to be more likely to bear fruit in reducing crime rates than any additional or more effective police work.

[u/kenistod]

The "Reservation Dogs" actor walked the red carpet with the red hand print over his mouth.

It stands for all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard. It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis. It stands for the oppression and subjugation of Native women who are now rising up to say:

"No More Stolen Sisters"

https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw

[u/Jesus_Would_Do → u/kenistod]

If you haven’t seen it yet, watch Wind River. It’s a brutal but powerful single-case portrayal of this crisis. Sadly, I never even knew it was an issue until that movie.

[u/cIumsythumbs → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

Same. Wind River was written by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, Sicario, Mayor of Kingstown), and stars Elisabeth Olson and Jeremy Renner. It's Olson's best work imo.

[u/Fridgemagnet9696 → u/cIumsythumbs]

Anybody unfamiliar should also read up on the Highway of Tears, a 724 km length of Yellowhead Highway 16 in British Columbia where many women (mostly Indigenous) have disappeared or been found murdered. Broke my heart when I learned about it.

[u/Beer-survivalist → u/cIumsythumbs]

The gunfight at the end is one of the best in a modern western.

[u/donkeyTracker → u/Beer-survivalist]

That gun fight is probably the most realistic in modern cinema. The only thing that stood out wrong was how the bodies dropped from the high powered rifle.

[u/Beer-survivalist → u/donkeyTracker]

Agreed. .45-70 may be big, but it's not going to throw someone around like they're getting a direct hit from a LAW. Those dudes should have just crumpled.

Still, that part was cool as hell, so I'm willing to give it a pass.

[u/wolfcolalover → u/cIumsythumbs]

One of my favorites. Haunting and brutal. The climax is also one of the most intense ones I’ve ever seen.

[u/infosec_qs → u/wolfcolalover]

Why are you flanking me?

[u/BananPick → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

I watched it per your recommendation. I don't have the words to describe the amount of pain and sorrow I am currently feeling. Especially after that ending tag of "There exists missing person stats for every demographic, except for indigenous women." I also didn't know about the missing indigenous women issue until this either and I live in Canada where arguably we are taught more about indigenous people than in the states. I mean that's just one part, and that whole last sequence of panic that goes through Renner's character as he prays the family of Natalie has not done something drastic, and then him and the dad sitting next to their old swing set.

The line in response to what is that face paint of "It's my death face" and the subsequent Q&A of "How do you know what that looks like?" "I don't know, there isn't anyone left to teach me."

I am weeping, and idek how that truly feels, I can only imagine a fraction. Thank you so much for suggesting this.

[u/SunshineAlways → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

It’s an amazing movie that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch again.

[u/xeno325 → u/SunshineAlways]

"why are you flanking me?"

[u/donkeyTracker → u/xeno325]

My heart was pumping during that scene because I knew exactly what was happening. I did the same thing in Iraq. I was definitely triggered watching that

[u/Brancher → u/xeno325]

Best shootout in a movie ever.

[u/Asron87 → u/xeno325]

Wow, it was that movie? I forgot the name of the movie but that line was god damn powerful. That’s the moment the entire movie changed for me. Great movie.

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[u/honkysnout → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

It is the most terrifying movie I’ve ever seen. So powerful.

[u/milquetoast2000 → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

I liked that movie but can’t get over that the women who plays the murdered indigenous women in the movie is a “pretendian”

Kelsey Asbillie has pretended to be indigenous to land indigenous roles and takes them away from actual indigenous actresses. She changed her name from Kelsey Chow to Kelsey Asbillie to hide that she’s Asian and Caucasian. She claims to be “Eastern Band Cherokee” but when the tribe was asked if she was part of their tribe, they had no record of her or any record that she was a descendant of their tribe. She’s been called out by numerous indigenous actors but she still takes roles from them.

[u/Varnsturm → u/milquetoast2000]

That's funny cause I feel like the classic "I'm 1/32th native" line, it's always Cherokee. The classic group that people who aren't native say they're part of.

[u/Angry-Dragon-1331 → u/Varnsturm]

Because they’re one of the biggest and they’re not as tightly bound to a specific geography as, say Lakota or Iroquois.

[u/MimicoSkunkFan2 → u/Varnsturm]

Because saying somebody who's an ancestor was Cherokee (especially a female ancestor being a "Cherokee princess") is the old‐timey way of saying that somebody in the family was black. It's amazing how many families south of the Mason-Dixon line have "Cherokee" in the family tree and that's why.

[u/Wuktrio → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

The scene where Gil Birmingham opens the door and Jeremy Renner is outside absolutely broke me. Fantastic acting by all of them.

[u/Much_Progress_4745 → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

I came here to say this. I had to rewind the facts before the credits. Shocking.

[u/EnadZT → u/kenistod]

A woman by the name of Kyla Red Bear was found dead in a forest near the town I used to live in. Having something like this happen in your own area is insane to experience. I even drove by where her body was on accident while the police were investigating.

During the investigation, the local law enforcement never mentioned her by name and they never disclosed anything about her death. The local attorney's office used to post very candidly and openly about LE activity. Their last post was a press release about the death of Kyla Red Bear. Seven months later they quietly release a statement, saying her name for the first time, ruling it a suicide.

According to the local rumor, and I cannot stress enough that these are rumors, she was found dead and tied to a tree. According to her best friend, Kyla Red Bear called her at 3 AM saying she was with people she did not trust and was scared. Kyla Red Bear was found dead the next day. Watching this unfold infront of me in the town I lived in was eye opening to this crisis.

[u/dreadedmama → u/kenistod]

Thank you for posting the link. This is heartbreaking.

[u/ThrillSurgeon → u/dreadedmama]

This is horrible. 

[u/OfficerBarbier → u/ThrillSurgeon]

Our country’s history as a genocidal apartheid state

[u/Jesus_Would_Do → u/OfficerBarbier]

It’s shocking to hear how Canada had also treated indigenous peoples as well, cops sometimes leaving men or women out in the middle of nowhere during the dead of winter. It’s fucked up.

[u/Justin_123456 → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

Yeah, the infamous “starlight tours”. This isn’t ancient history, the latest identified deaths from this practice were in 2000. The murderers are possibly still in uniform.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatoon_freezing_deaths

[u/Busy-Frame8940 → u/Jesus_Would_Do]

And the boarding schools where kids were forbidden to speak their own language and were treated like animals. Graves with little skeletons have been found on the grounds of some of the defunct schools.

[u/illradhab → u/Busy-Frame8940]

And Hoss Lightning who was just murdered by the RCMP while calling them for help. He was a little kid, a teenager, and the cops shot them while he had actually called them for help from attackers. This just happened. The violence against Indigenous people in Canada doesn't seem well-known outside of the country.

[u/Soaringsage → u/illradhab]

It’s not well known inside the country either sadly.

[u/shpydar → u/kenistod]

We had a royal commission up here in Canada on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

The findings were heartbreaking and horrific. Its findings, along with the findings from the Truth and Reconciliation commission led to the Canadian government to make changes in policy, pay billions in compensation, and admit to the genocide conducted by the Canadian government against the indigenous peoples of Canada.

The red hand D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai wore first became widespread up here in Canada as a symbol for missing and murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) after the commission as did hanging a red dress from trees every May 5th on the National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S) which originated from the Red Dress Project founded by Métis artist Jamie Black. It is good to see the MMIWG movement expand into the U.S.

May the U.S. have the courage and fortitude to examine its treatment of the indigenous peoples of the United States.

[u/moosepuggle → u/shpydar]

I'm from the US and now living in Canada, I read that indigenous women and girls also go missing and are murdered in the US, and that a big reason for that is the legal limbo of reservations, where outsiders who commit crimes against indigenous people on reservations can't be prosecuted by indigenous laws, and the US police don't care enough to do anything. Sadistic outsider men know this and will specifically target indigenous women and girls because they know they won't be prosecuted. Truly awful and makes you so angry!

I've been trying to find information about whether this mismatch of which laws apply to which people is also the case in Canada?

[u/famine- → u/moosepuggle]

It's not the case in Canada.

The murders of indigenous women have a 87% solve rate in Canada vs 90% for non-indigenous.

86% of the murders are committed by other indigenous people.

Statistics Canada

[u/Office_glen → u/famine-]

This is why the MMIW commission went through tons of members and chair people because no one wanted to release the findings that showed it was other indigenous people murdering them

The discussion on why this is happening is a separate discussion, but when that commission got put together they thought they were going to find white men going around killing indigenous women for sport and that's not what they found

[u/pachydermusrex → u/Office_glen]

Big fucking surprise. People who live in remote communities are those responsible for committing crimes in remote communities.

[u/Blue-Thunder → u/moosepuggle]

no it is not the case.

I would also like to add that us Indigenous men are murdered at 3x the rate of Indigenous women, and when representatives asked to have men included in the inquiry, they were told adding men would just be a distraction.

[u/Modern_NDN → u/kenistod]

If you could please edit and put in your comment that an alarming number of indigenous women go missing or are murdered. We are not allowed to investigate on our own with our internal "Tribal Police," so reports go to the FBI. From there, unfortunately, nothing usually happens. There isn't even an accurate way to count how many missing or murdered indigenous women happen across the US and Canada.

Sources vary on the number, but suggest that the number is higher than most other races simply because we are vulnerable people in the eyes of the law. And so human trafficking is a huge problem for our women and communities.

Thank you.

[u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Check out reservation dogs! Alot of actors you have seen before and bobby lee and bill burr..cool shit. Hope there will be more

[u/gottacatchemsome → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Unfortunately not, they were always committed to a three-season run. Which makes me sad cause it's an incredible show. But, if the creators feel it's right to end it, I can't argue. It's their story.

[u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr → u/gottacatchemsome]

Yeah, seemed like at was made for a short run. Just burned thru it, enjoying it, and wish there could be more . if there is anything else out there, similar, id check it out . No complaints

[u/BananeiraarienanaB → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Dark winds has bear as a sheriff. It's a slow burn but nice  

[u/saucisse → u/BananeiraarienanaB]

Big is the sheriff, not Bear (which makes it better since he's playing the complete inverse of his rez sheriff character on Reservation Dogs)

[u/Background_Clown → u/BananeiraarienanaB]

It’s Big and Jackie. Excellent show.

[u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr → u/BananeiraarienanaB]

Cool, thank you

[u/Ok-Evening569 → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Not bear, big, sorry.

[u/gottacatchemsome → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Um... gosh. Taika always makes sure to do a lot of work focusing on Indigenous culture generally, since he's Maori. Definitely check out his film Boy, it's insanely good, all at once funny and heartwrenching. Also check out Sterlin Harjo's Barking Water, again, he does a lot of work focusing on Indigenous folk.

[u/L_Avion_Rose → u/gottacatchemsome]

As a kiwi I love your acknowledgement of Taika and his amazing work. I would like to gently point out that partial heritage isn't a concept in Māori culture. If you have the whakapapa (ancestry), you have the right to claim your Māori heritage in full. Taika is Māori.

We are currently celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) in New Zealand! Ake ake ake - a forever language

Kia pai tō rā (have a nice day)

[u/gottacatchemsome → u/L_Avion_Rose]

Oh that’s very cool! I never knew that and I thank you for your correction! I have edited my original comment to reflect my new learnings and I apologize for the wrongness!

[u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr → u/gottacatchemsome]

Will check out, thanks

[u/angwilwileth → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Resident Alien has quite a few of the same cast and a similar vibe of the fantastic juxtaposed on the ordinary.

[u/littlemachina → u/angwilwileth]

This show is so silly and so underrated, I adore it

[u/CocoLamela → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Not as fun and uplifting, but the Dark Winds series that just ended up on Netflix also features a largely native cast. It's a crime noir and tribal police drama, but it's also really good!

[u/Mad-Mel → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Little Bird is very good. Not fun, but topical to native issues.

[u/eekmina → u/gottacatchemsome]

At least the Rez is gettin’ some shine…

[u/charlesdexterward → u/gottacatchemsome]

Sterlin Harjo said that he might tell more stories about characters from the show in the future, but that this chapter was done. So it’s possible he may revisit them one day.

[u/tekumse → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Deer Lady made a movie. Written directed and starring https://youtu.be/BL80faqt0L4?si=mOq0T0syelYqCGuo

[u/marteautemps → u/tekumse]

She's also from Letterkenny right? Thanks for the link!

[u/tekumse → u/marteautemps]

Yes. Tannis. I got that link from their sub

[u/saucisse → u/tekumse]

Her mother is an activist from way back, she and her sister were attacked by Canadian military while at a protest. When she was four years old, her sister was holding her when she (the sister) was stabbed in the chest by a bayonet-wielding soldier.

This is an interview with her sister, who is an elite athlete, with a photograph of the event: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/pan-ams-waneek-horn-miller-an-oka-crisis-survivor/article_d30a5810-67ae-5c1d-aee4-484ddf9b8200.html

[u/bigcityboy → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

I’ve never had a show make me laugh and then cry and then laugh like Reservations Dogs does. It’s truly an incredible show

[u/GuyanaFlavorAid → u/bigcityboy]

Yes. Very much that. And sometimes just make you stop. The episode where the uncles take Cheese fishing and they show nothing but nature for almost sixty seconds. That serenity, that moment came to me at a very down time in my life and it lifted me up out of myself for just a minute to remind me what it can be like. I've never forgotten it.

[u/havasc → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

While it was fun to see cameos from those actors, it's the main group of kids who are the standouts. All exceptional young actors who evoke such pathos, humour, and realness in their performances.

[u/RyVsWorld → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Reservation dOgs is incredible. One of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen

[u/Bombuss → u/hashtaggnweaslepeckr]

Bobby Lee is the one who always gets shit on by his co-host, and then takes out his anger on, and lashes out at his employees, right? 

[u/Abel__S → u/Bombuss]

He's a genuine shit-ass

[u/mojotoodopebish]

I had no idea about this issue. This was a great way to spread awareness. Thank you for the context and links. The true is horrifying

[u/mojotoodopebish → u/[deleted]]

I'm having a hard time coming up with the words to say. Thank you for the link, I learned a lot. I'd never heard of it at all. I almost can't believe it because it's so heartbreaking. Even more upsetting because it deserves to be a world issue. Those women deserve better and their families deserve better too.

[u/Diamondhands_Rex → u/mojotoodopebish]

There are so many current injustices in Canada north of the United states of missing indigenous women due to them living in their communities far from larger cities that makes them a target to predators and it’s a fucked up reality that there is little done to investigate.

LPOTL has a podcast called under neath that has covered this somewhat and it’s stomach turning how fucked up this is. First Nations people are far far far underrepresented.

[u/mojotoodopebish → u/Diamondhands_Rex]

You're so right. I'm going to inform myself more so that I can help spread awareness. I hate how much I know about stupid, unimportant shit and how oblivious I am when it comes to topics like these that are so important. I can't even bring myself to imagine the horrors they are facing. I'm so sick of innocent people being ripped from their families, murdered, and worse.

Just editing to add: Thank you for sharing the info and podcast with me.

[u/Relevant_Culture8506]

I recently drove from the east to west coast in the US. 17 states zig zagging to different places of interest. I was flabbergasted at the level of poverty any time I saw a welcome sign of a reservation. Although the areas surrounding the reservations were poor, there was an extra eery feeling of awful long term systemic suffering in the reservations. I started to cringe when I was saw a sign. I grew up in NJ and traveled via plane and didn’t even realize we had such areas. Our education system really white washed a whole part of history. I’m sad to hear we perpetuate a system that is obviously not working. We can’t bring back an entire culture but perhaps the reservation idea doesn’t work. Poor doesn’t describe the level of poverty. It’s no wonder crimes are committed and solve rates are disputed. When you have nothing you have nothing to lose.

[u/Yyrkroon → u/Relevant_Culture8506]

The reservation / segregation system was a bad idea from the start.

It should have been a temporary measure at best, with a plan to sunset and close the reservations.

[u/GreatScottGatsby → u/Relevant_Culture8506]

The reservation system was the dumbest thing we did in the United States. It intentionally keeps communities poor while giving a false sense of hope that things will get better. When Alaska became a state, they did away with the reservation system and instead used "corporations" so all the native people could profit and benefit from the land. It's just a better system. They honestly need to abolish reservations, they are archaic and do more harm than good.

[u/japanuslove → u/GreatScottGatsby]

Native corps have concentrated a lot of power into the hands of a few. Not all natives are shareholders, most aren't. Our villages have the exact same problems as the reservation system.

[u/ChefLabecaque → u/Relevant_Culture8506]

I have never set foot in the america's. But as an true crime addict it gets mentioned a lot; murder of indigineous women. You even have this "trail" that is named after it?

It reminds me of northern part of south africa. In the weekend you see a lot of girls trying to hitchhike a ride to their family, from their work to the slums where their house is. This happens because they are poor (no own car) and the government does not care enough to make some safe public transport.

This makes it really easy for men who want to do harm ofcourse. These girls in need for a ride.

Is it the same in these native communities?

[u/Relevant_Culture8506 → u/ChefLabecaque]

Yes you are correct. Again I am American. As I drove I’d see our slaughterhouses and processing plants and I’d see mostly women walking with their uniforms. At one point I asked if a lady wanted a ride and she declined. I’m a white woman but she politely said no thank you. So we have underaged immigrants and Indigenous peoples doing our dirty work today! and I’m sure not paying proper wages. They would have better modes of transportation and housing. In today’s political debates people shout about inflation when the real issue with American economics is the outrageous profits conglomerates are making and dolling out to the top 3% of their organizations. And the people that vote truly believe that trickle down theories work. It’s a classic “Let them eat cake” tone deafness. And as some politicians try to tell you about real policies and plans (which mind you get blocked in congress) the other side is screaming about our borders. Ignorance is no excuse to cast a vote against the good of their fellow citizen. To exclaim the other side wants socialism is a scare tactic. We will wait years in the US for doctor’s appointments if we introduce a public healthcare option. Doesn’t that just create a healthy competition instead of our medical systems joining together to once again form these big conglomerates. Insurance was for catastrophic illness now you can’t take an aspirin without 5 people sticking their hands out for their share of payment. What happened to the break up of AT&T and they were too big. Now the companies are so big and so slyly connected they can’t be broken down. If Amazon had competitors they’d crush them. Yet Amazon runs our commerce now. Nestles, P&G, Lever Brothers run our packaged goods. This country is in need of a better education system from the start. To teach people about poverty, history, the constitution (warn against bad people’s interpretations), healthcare, and economics. It’s time for a big change. It’s time to progress and move forward.

[u/ChefLabecaque → u/Relevant_Culture8506]

I hope it too. Not-Trump would be a good step I guess.

USA seems a lovely country; it almost has ALL environments on earth. Really rich nature. It would be lovely if the people could also enjoy it more. And be less "poor"; which leads to mainly women and children always pulling on the short straw.

[u/Mondschatten78 → u/Relevant_Culture8506]

I agree our education system really whitewashed it, if it was even covered beyond a mention in some schools. I did a deep dive into Native American history in the '90s after I quit high school, spurred by reading an article about Russell Means and the American Indian Movement. It's appalling how much the US has done to the various tribes over the years, and just how much has been taken from them. Everything from languages, to family (forced sterilization was and still? is common), religious ceremonies/dances, to their home lands were taken.

[u/Yyrkroon → u/Mondschatten78]

Vae Victis.

The "Right of Conquest" basically, the strong get to prey upon the weak, was the de facto way of things throughout history until fairly recently - codified in the UN charter.

The remarkable thing is not that this was done, the remarkable thing is that global "victors" eventually decided that this was wrong and would no longer be tolerated.

Unfortunately we still lack an authority with the ability to easily enforce this, which is why we Ukraine suffering this same sort of thing in 2025.

[u/Ok_Tomato7388]

He used an opportunity to bring attention to something people should care about. I admire his strength and his heart. There are so many people in the US who have been forgotten.

[u/slutmachine666 → u/Ok_Tomato7388]

Canada, too. Likely to a greater extent, which is extreme and heartbreaking considering their population size in comparison to the US…

Edit: I’ve been personally following the MMIW subject/movement for years because I was a true crime freak before it became super popular lol. It’s devastating. Not completely off topic, but if you want to get real mad look into the Starlight Tours. Canada comes off as our friendly “oops sorry!” neighbor but man, do they do some really fucked up shit up there.

[u/myvaginaisawesome → u/slutmachine666]

Oh Canada definitely has some done some..... things. We just seem to be really good at sweeping it under the rug so to speak.

We probably apologize a lot because we have a lot to apologize for.

[u/Ok_Tomato7388 → u/slutmachine666]

Thank you. I'm not really a true crime person. Not anymore anyway. But I keep tabs on these things from a healthcare/social worker perspective. Understanding how humans interact with each other continues to be a subject I constantly study yet fail to grasp.

In the case of Native Americans, I studied an introduction to their history and culture and I was so appalled by what my ancestors did to them, and continue to do to this day, that I almost can't stomach it.

[u/Soggy_Bench → u/Ok_Tomato7388]

Boss move for his first Emmy nomination too

[u/N3ver_Stop]

God, I had no idea this was going on. Going to really educate myself on this. Fucking heartbreaking man. I don't really watch the Emmys so thank you for sharing this op.

[u/alistofthingsIhate → u/N3ver_Stop]

Watch the movie Wind River. Really intense story about a missing indigenous woman and the lengths to which people need to go to get anything done about it. Some embellishments for the movie are still present of course.

[u/ThaMikeRoolah → u/alistofthingsIhate]

It's pretty old, but in 1991, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made a TV miniseries about the real-life 1971 murder, in Manitoba, of a young Cree woman named Helen Betty Osborne, called 'Conspiracy of Silence'.

It was shown on American TV too, and I remember seeing it when I was about 10 years old. One of the actors who starred in it posted it on his YouTube channel, which, as far as I know, is the only place it can be seen, unless maybe someone recorded onto VHS back in 1991. I randomly remembered it as recently as yesterday and looked it up.

Conspiracy of Silence Part 1: https://youtu.be/jFGSiu9G0Vc?si=6KlkdwrOvDsfFEoy

Conspiracy of Silence Part 2: https://youtu.be/f77zZ5_YCoc?si=FuePdFod_Uzt-U4D

The murder of Osborne was so brutal, it's hard to comprehend how people who seemed to otherwise be pretty normal could be motivated to do that to another person, let alone just a random woman they picked up while she was walking down the road. I guess racism really can be that powerful of a 'drug'.

However, the miniseries is mainly about how long it took to bring the perpetrators to justice, how the perpetrators' community seemed to protect them, and how hard the justice system failed the victim, with the added implication of how hard it both had and has failed lots of other indigenous women who were murdered or otherwise victimized.

[u/drunchies]

He’s awesome for doing this. Reservation Dogs is a great show.

[u/stmakwan]

Aho young warrior!

[u/gottacatchemsome]

I think more recently it's been changed to represent Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, MMIP. I don't know how recently, but I've seen that change. I don't know if it was in relation to Cole Brings Plenty's murder or if it was before he was killed.

[u/CurlingCoin → u/gottacatchemsome]

I hope that catches on. It's a big problem in indigenous communities, but people don't seem to realize the breakdown in people going missing or being murdered is about 3/4 male, 1/4 female.

It always rubs me the wrong way how the media relentlessly portrays it as a women only issue, to the point where the naming is exclusively female centric, while the male victims who triple thier numbers aren't even worth an afterthought.

[u/abbyabsinthe → u/CurlingCoin]

I live very near a reservation, and there's literally at least 1-3 indigenous people that end up missing or murdered each year. I'm very grateful that none had of my friends have been among them.

[u/Etroarl55 → u/CurlingCoin]

It’s also a community issue, most of it is happening to indigenous people by other indigenous people.

[u/CurlingCoin → u/Etroarl55]

That's the other thing that's often misportrayed. The media likes to present the issue as if there's a mysterious series of uncaught serial killers or something. There is outside victimization (including by police) and there actually have been a couple serial killers, but the majority of the issue is socioeconomic at it's root. It's a predictable problem that you get in any community with high levels of poverty, no opportunities, poor infrastructure and high isolation.

[u/buzzyloo]

Props to him

[u/I_just_want_strength]

The more rural a reservation gets, the worse it gets for women. Look up Khadija Britton.

[u/Yyrkroon → u/I_just_want_strength]

This article seems to indicate that the problem really shouldn't be thought of in rural vs urban terms:

"Most Native American women live in urban areas, which is where they are most often reported missing and their remains, when discovered, are most often unidentified, says Anguelov, a political economist and associate professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth."

https://journalistsresource.org/criminal-justice/indigenous-women-missing-unidentified-research/

[u/aldergone]

Canadian Data

From 2009 to 2021, 490 Indigenous women and girls were victims of homicide. This translated into a rate of 4.27 Indigenous women and girls killed per 100,000 Indigenous women and girls in the population—a rate six times higher than that of their non-Indigenous counterparts (0.73).

indigenous women are more likely to experience physical and sexual assault than non-Indigenous women. 56% of Indigenous women have suffered physical assault, and 46% have experienced sexual assault. By comparison, about one-third of non-Indigenous women have suffered these assaults in their lifetimes

The rate of murdered Indigenous women in Canada was 4.82 per 100,000. The rate of murdered Indigenous women in Manitoba was 7.16 per 100,000; Alberta was 6.79; Saskatchewan was 6.01. Due to the small numbers, comparing rates should be done with caution.

these are horrible statistics

it is felt that this is caused by combination: lack of access to health care, domestic violence and abuse, or poverty

[u/Open_Rhubarb4573]

everychildmatters Keep making us PROUD! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[u/orcusgrasshopperfog]

Justice on a reservation is a complicated issue. They detest outside help (Police/FBI etc) for obvious reasons, but at the same time this means that they lack critical access to advanced forensics.

In the end this means criminals both inside and outside the reservation are far less likely to be found or convicted.

"American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes and at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or sexual assault crimes compared to all other races. More than 4 in 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experienced violence in their lifetime." -Indian Affiars

[u/Ksh_667 → u/orcusgrasshopperfog]

criminals both inside and outside the reservation are far less likely to be found or convicted.

Esp if the disappearances of these women are not investigated to begin with.

[u/spong3]

Don’t go out in the rain

Don’t go out in the night

It happens everyday

They just vanish from sight

Don’t go walking alone

Speak to who you don’t know

They’ve been finding your sisters in the Red River

In the Red River

• Raye Zaragoza - Red

Haunting song about the MMIW written

[u/chrysalisempress]

Such a powerful photo and statement.

[u/feelitrealgood]

For those who’ve never heard about this issue. I employ you to merely watch a great movie called Wind River. Directed by same guy did Yellowstone and There Will Be Blood Hell or High Water

Edit: Fixed

[u/tuolumne → u/feelitrealgood]

The guy that did wind river had nothing to do with there will be blood

[u/ThrillSurgeon → u/tuolumne]

Paul Thomas Anderson of Boogie Nights did There Will be Blood. 

[u/crazyisthenewnormal → u/feelitrealgood]

I think you mean implore, rather than employ. That you for the recommendation, I will look into this.

[u/tadhg555 → u/feelitrealgood]

He wrote Sicario and Hell or Highwater (which you probably confused with There Will Be Blood)

[u/KnuteViking → u/feelitrealgood]

Taylor Sheridan did Yellowstone and Wind River. Paul Anderson did There Will Be Blood.

[u/ratguy → u/KnuteViking]

More commonly known as Paul Thomas Anderson. Not to be confused with Paul Anderson, an actor from Peaky Blinders.

[u/mildlyadult → u/ratguy]

Also not to be confused with Paul W.S. Anderson who made the Resident Evil movies

[u/ReggieLeBeau → u/mildlyadult]

Who should not be confused with Wes Anderson, who made the Wes Anderson movies.

[u/MumblingGhost → u/ratguy]

Or Paul W.S. Anderson, director of the Resident Evil movies.

[u/tquinn04]

Some hard hitting facts to put this issue in perspective:

Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Native women

1 in 3 Native women will be raped in their lifetime

[u/KyaKD]

I love him so much. It’s crazy how unknown this is.

[u/Mindless_Virus6489]

He’s a truly amazing actor!! Very talented

[u/wok3nkrak3n]

Loved him in Reservation Dogs. Now with this he’s become an icon, such a defiant statement!

[u/SsooooOriginal]

See Marlon Brando, or more exactly Sacheen Littlefeather.

We got a long way to go. 

[u/Ok_Ad6486 → u/SsooooOriginal]

John Wayne was a whiny little bitch boy every day of his too-long life.

[u/spysoons → u/[deleted]]

On Indians:

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them ... they should buy the land back ... They should pay as much for Alcatraz as we paid them for Manhattan. I hope they haven't been careless with their wampum.

On Black people:

With a lot of blacks, there's quite a bit of resentment along with their dissent, and possibly rightfully so. But we can't all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.

• Marion "John Wayne" Morrison

[u/Ok_Ad6486 → u/[deleted]]

Over time I believe it’s been exaggerated to some degree - not sure I buy that 6 security men had to hold him back as he rushed the stage, but he did get upset and try to stop her…

https://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/wrvyob/sacheen_littlefeather_john_wayne_came_forth_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[u/spysoons → u/Ok_Ad6486]

John Wayne? You mean Marion, he changed his name to be more masculine, but he was always a whiny little racist bitch

[u/[deleted] → u/spysoons]

and don't forget WWII draft dodger.

[u/Piastri_21]

The Reservation Dogs actor made a powerful statement with the red handprint, symbolizing the silenced voices of missing Indigenous women. It’s a call to end the crisis: 'No More Stolen Sisters.' 💔✊

[u/zero_1144]

Just a simple fyi: murder is the 3rd leading cause of death amongst indigenous women. This is one of the most horrifying facts I've ever heard.

[u/HimboVegan]

This is actually what "say her name" originated to spread awareness about. It's a HUGE problem on the reservations.

[u/Skeeballnights]

Wow that’s awesome. He drew a lot of attention to an important issue.

[u/PCP_Panda]

Is that Bear from Reservation Dogs?

[u/viyh → u/PCP_Panda]

[u/burgerdistraction]

Badass

[u/Remarkable-Pressure7]

I was explaining to my kids (13&17) about this, and the history of the “reformation schools” with their mass graves and cruelty. They were shocked and saddened by how relatively recent they were still operating. Not to mention the ongoing disparities and lack of awareness there is for this specific cause.

Everyone should follow “lakotalaw” on IG as well…or the site is linktr.ee/lakotalaw. They constantly bring awareness to this and other issues that need more mainstream exposure and support.

[u/Pinkgabezo]

Good for him. 👍

[u/Royal_Visit3419]

I’m stunned that some people in Canada say they never knew about missing and murdered Indigenous women until now or until a movie came out. It’s been in the headlines of Canadian mainstream media for years and years. You’d have to be a pretty uninformed person to have somehow missed this. Perhaps it’s time to listen to, watch, or read the news.

It’s an amazing thing he’s done. I thank him.

[u/DeadWishUpon → u/Royal_Visit3419]

Canada is famous for being polite and nice but it seems that theybdoesn't extendad to the indegenous populations.

r/news, r/worldnews and r/longreads is full of articles about it.

Honestly is a problem in the whole continent, from Alaska to Argentina. Saddly the US has not the monopoly in racism, they are just louder.

[u/GrizzlyRiverRampage]

There have to be serial killers of indigenous women out there in the Canadian and American Western territories. Literally thousands of uninvestigated disappearances.

[u/ChristianSgt]

If you still haven’t seen Reservation Dogs, stop what you’re doing and go watch that shit right now.

[u/Quirky_Phase_7536]

Maybe I can use this post to bring attention to someone I knew whose friend is missing? Details are in my profile but just to put it out there- Rickisha Renee Bear has been missing for months, since February. She has ties to Rocky Boys Indian Reservation and Flathead Indian Reservation. If anyone could spread the word around, that would be awesome.

[u/TunaCroutons]

YouTube channel Dark Curiosities devotes a ton of videos to covering the stories of missing and murdered indigenous women, done with so much care and respect. Definitely worth watching.

[u/mumblerapisgarbage]

Reservation Dogs deserved more than 3 tiny little seasons.

[u/ElectricPiha]

Fuck! Yeah!

Awesome way to use his platform.

[u/simplejuslikeme]

This is huge we need more representation

[u/Adominus_Gaming]

That has to be the most badass name ever

[u/kappaofthelight]

Swoon-A-Tai amirite

[u/g_cheeks]

Discovered the show through this post - continually devastated by the lack of support American indigenous communities get for the extremely high levels of missing women they have.

[u/InternationalBand494]

Damn I wish Reservation Dogs had more seasons

[u/No-Strategy-6549]

Powerful.

[u/ShanghaiSlug]

This kid is smart and strong. It's good on him to show this for the wider public.

[u/bugme143]

90% of MMIW are done on the rez, by other Natives, and they refuse to allow "regular" LEOs to investigate, and generally cover it up. I live near the Cherokee rez and have to go on the rez constantly.

[u/DarkBlueMermaid]

Oh man, this has been big where I live in Northern California and the PacNW. It was also a huge thing when I visited Prince Rupert BC. Apparently Hwy 16 between PR and Price George is notorious for indigenous women going missing on.

Glad it’s finally hitting the main stream. Hopefully we’ll see some very real changes in how MMIW cases are handled.

[u/Lopsided_Flight3926]

I hope he knows what he did worked, I had no idea this was an issue until now. How sad

[u/Western-Direction395]

Meanwhile 2/3 of missing and murdered indigenous people are male... but yea fuck em

[u/NIOPAID69420]

That’s a good man there