LibGuides: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit: MMIWG2S: Resources

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S) is the term used to describe the movement that raises awareness of and works for justice regarding the disproportionate violence experienced by Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit persons. MMIWG2S includes efforts to increase national awareness and understanding of missing or murdered Indigenous persons.

"Native American and Alaska Native rates of murder, rape, and violent crime are all higher than the national averages. When looking at missing and murdered cases, data shows that Native American and Alaska Native women make up a significant portion of missing and murdered individuals." -US Department of Interior, Indian Affairs

Below are some collected resources about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit in the United States and Canada from the library's collection and beyond.

Additional books, ebooks, and media can be found by searching the library's catalog.

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Additional Resources

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis
From the U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs
Sovereign Bodies Institute (SBI)
Sovereign Bodies Institute (SBI) builds on Indigenous traditions of data gathering and knowledge transfer to create, disseminate, and put into action research on gender and sexual violence against Indigenous people
Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) (US Dept of Justice)
Includes information, publications, state resources, events, and training from the US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP): Overview of Recent Research, Legislation, and Selected Issues for Congress
This US Congress report from July 2023 discusses three common barriers to the federal government’s and criminal justice systems’ ability to fully understand and address MMIP.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People from the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
Resources and stories about MMIP collected by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
We are more than murdered and missing. | Tamara Bernard | TEDxThunderBay
With a talk that encourages hope, love, empowerment and igniting a new way of learning together as a nation, Tamara lays bare the world of violence impacting indigenous women.
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigeous Women and Girls
Canada's National Inquiry mission is to build a foundation that allows Indigenous women and girls to reclaim their power and place.
Our Bodies, Our Stories
Our Bodies, Our Stories works to advocate and provide data to protect Native women and girls. It is a series of reports that detail the scope of violence against Native women and people across the nation. From the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle, WA.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit: MMIWG2S

Yellow Bird

Violence Against Indigenous Women

The Beginning and End of Rape

Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women

Will I See?

Searching for Savanna

Unbroken

How We Go Home

Firekeeper's Daughter