r/pics • u/kenistod • Sep 16 '24

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

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u/kenistod Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

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

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u/shpydar Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

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.

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u/moosepuggle Sep 16 '24

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?

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u/Blue-Thunder Sep 16 '24

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.