🪶 Native Voices Against Violence 🪶 Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native people is a public health crisis. In 2023, homicide rates were nearly five times higher than those of non-Hispanic White people, and 4 in 5 Native women and men have experienced violence in their lifetime. The crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) continues to affect Native families and communities. Understanding why violence happens is key to stopping it — by strengthening families, restori

The radical history of the Red Power movement's fight for Native American sovereignty

United Native Americans Celebrate The 55th Anniversary of The Mount Rushmore Takeover https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-29/native-americans-occupy-protest-mount-rushmore Around dusk on the evening on August 29, 1970, a group of 23 Native American activists climbs to the top of Mount Rushmore. Renaming the landmark Crazy Horse Mountain, in honor of the Lakota Sioux leader who famously resisted white Americans’ incursions into the area, the protesters are there to reclaim land the