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Unearthing Justices
1,000+ Indigenous grassroots initiatives and resources, created by and for families and communities of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ People (MMIWG2S+).
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Unresolved: Case Closed or Murder?
The CBC News, from their database of 307 profiles, has looked into 34 cases across Canada which involve the death or disappearance of Indigenous women, but which authorities say were not due to foul play. In every case, families of the women say they do not accept the findings of police. CBC News found evidence in many of the cases that suggest further investigation is warranted.
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Vancouver Eastside Missing Women
This website dedicated to Vancouver Downtown Eastside missing and murdered women had two guestbooks, thumbnail photos linking to biographical and missing information, an extensive table of contents, resources of listed disappearances, news reports and articles, as well as sketches that express a softer side of missing women. The website is no longer active, but an archive remains.
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Safe Passage
Safe Passage is provided by NWAC as a community-driven, trauma-informed, survivor-centred initiative that tracks cases of MMIWG2S+, monitors ongoing safety concerns, provides safety resources and educates the public. An unsafe experiences map and a reporting tool are available on the website, led by and for Indigenous peoples.
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MMIWG2 Database
The MMIWG2 Database logs cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people, from 1900 to the present. It originally only included cases from the US and Canada, but starting in 2019 was expanded to include all Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people. Access to the Database is available on an as-requested basis.
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MMIW Database
This database covers Canada and the USA and shares pictures of missing persons, so people can work together to help find and advocate for missing Indigenous people and bring them home.
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MMIW Database
Annita Luchesi created a database of over 3,000 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada since 1990, motivated by the lack of comprehensive data for her mapping project.
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Canada & USA
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Memorial Sculpture
The artwork is a memorial honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, consisting of 1,200 stones—each representing a lost life.
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I Stand #InUnity Project
I Stand #InUnity aimed to transform government statistics into embodied data to stimulate critical thought about MMIW and help better understand the scale of human loss in Indigenous communities. They have also compiled a newspaper database on MMIW, and propose lists of resources to both learn and teach.
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Guelph
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Aboriginal Alert
This website provides active information on missing Indigenous peoples and helps to connect people, share resources, and locate people. It is run primarily by family members, friends, and colleagues of missing peoples.
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#InUnity Newspaper Database
#InUnity is a newspaper database by the University of Guelph on missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). The database can be used as a learning and teaching resource for personal use or in the classroom. It is updated regularly with contemporary articles, and articles that include photographs and personal details of individual MMIW cases are intentionally not included to respect personal privacy.
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