12 days into 2017, and there are already 12 new cases of MMIW (photos match numbers, top to bottom and left to right):
- Joanne Clarke (42) – murdered 1/1/17 in Southend, SK
- Leola Dixey (16; Shoshone-Bannock) – missing 1/1/17 from Fort Hall, ID
- Rudy Kishayinew (22) – murdered 1/1/17 in Saskatoon, SK
- Sherrie Garson (16) – missing 1/3/17 from Winnipeg, MB
- Jamie Wounded Arrow (28; Oglala Lakota) – murdered 1/6/17 in Sioux Falls, SD
- Sharmaine Kay (26) – missing 1/6/17 from North Battleford, SK
- Zoe Becenti (4), Chloe Becenti (1), Vanessa George (25), Haliegh Toledo (1), & Leticia George (20) – murdered 1/9/17 in Pueblo of Santa Ana
- Jadrah Jimmy (12) – missing 1/11/17 from Saskatoon, SK
There were at least 181 cases of MMIW in 2016. I made a post with 170 names, but after making that list, I found cases of 10 more cases.
This hurts. Please protect us. Please protect my sisters. I’m begging all non-native people to please watch over us, keep tabs on us, don’t forget us when we go missing, please don’t let us die in vain.