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Murdered And Missing Indigenous Women

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Unseen America

Searching for Savanna

She was young. She was pregnant. She was one of thousands of Native women who go missing every year. Now her disappearance could help others to be found.

By Mona Gable
Chief Commissioner Marion Buller speaks at the closing ceremony marking the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, on June 3rd, 2019. After two and a half years of hearings, a Canadian inquiry released its final report on the disappearance and death of hundreds if not thousands of indigenous women, victims of endemic violence that the commission controversially said amounted to "genocide."
Ideas

When Will North America Reckon With the Ongoing Genocide of Indigenous Women?

A two-year study by a Canadian commission has declared that a genocide is taking place—but the only people who seem to care are indigenous.

By Terese Marie Mailhot