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Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march

"My participation in the march as an Amazonian woman is to praise our rights and violence worldwide." Portrait of Josefina Tunki, the ex-Executive President of the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam People in Puyo, Ecuador, March 8, 2024. Tatiana Lopez for NPR hide caption

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Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march

Women from different Indigenous nationalities traveled from their territories to Puyo, Ecuador on March 8 to march through the city's streets as they do every year on International Women's Day

Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M

Retrato de Josefina Tunki, ex-presidenta ejecutiva del Consejo de Gobierno del Pueblo Shuar Arutam. "Mi participación en la marcha como mujer amazónica es para enaltecer nuestros derechos, violencias a nivel mundial", lee el texto escrito por Tunki. Tatiana Lopez por NPR hide caption

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Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M

Mujeres de diferentes nacionalidades indígenas viajaron desde sus territorios a Puyo, Ecuador, para marchar por las calles de la ciudad como lo hacen cada año en el Día Internacional de la Mujer.

With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition

Grete Bergman, left, and Sarah Whalen-Lunn at their StoryCorps recording in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2018. Camila Kerwin/StoryCorps hide caption

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With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition

Grete Bergman was among the first Gwich'in women to get traditional facial markings since colonizers barred the practice. She and markings artist Sarah Whalen-Lunn did it for their daughters.

With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition

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Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

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Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

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Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

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Savanna's Act Addresses Alarming Number Of Missing Or Killed Native Women

A memorial to Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind outside the apartment where Greywind lived with her parents in Fargo, N.D., pictured in 2017. Savanna's Act requires the Department of Justice to strengthen training, coordination and data collection in cases of murdered or missing Native Americans. Dave Kolpack/AP hide caption

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Savanna's Act Addresses Alarming Number Of Missing Or Killed Native Women

Sarah Deer, citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and University of Kansas professor, discusses the measures to strengthen investigation procedures and why it's taken so long to address the issue.

Savanna's Act Addresses Alarming Number Of Missing Or Killed Native Women

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Kidnapping Threat Is Higher For Native Women, So They're Learning Self-Defense

Self-defense student Megan Fleury holds her hands up and faces a potential assailant. Robin Lubbock/WBUR hide caption

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Kidnapping Threat Is Higher For Native Women, So They're Learning Self-Defense

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In some communities, Native American women are kidnapped and killed at a rate 10 times higher than the national average. Now, some are teaching each other to fight back.

Kidnapping Threat Is Higher For Native Women, So They're Learning Self-Defense

Barr Announces Plan To Address Crisis Of Missing And Murdered Native Americans

Attorney General William Barr speaks with Myrna DuMontier (left) and Charmel Gillin (right), councilwomen with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on Friday on the Flathead Reservation in Pablo, Mont. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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Barr Announces Plan To Address Crisis Of Missing And Murdered Native Americans

Studies find that Native Americans, especially women, are victims of disproportionate levels of violence, and state and federal databases inadequately track the crisis.

7 States Step Up Efforts To Fight Violence Against Indigenous Women

Gregory Day holds a placard covered in photos of his deceased daughter, Dawn. It's the one he carried in a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's march last spring. Melodie Edwards/Wyoming Public Media hide caption

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7 States Step Up Efforts To Fight Violence Against Indigenous Women

Wyoming Public Radio

Native girls and women are more likely than average to be the victim of a violent crime. Now, several state task forces will try to better identify and locate indigenous crime victims.

7 States Step Up Efforts To Fight Violence Against Indigenous Women

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