Missing But Not Forgotten
What does the "M" in MMIW stand for?
What is "Missing"?
What is a "reservation"?
What is land managed by a Native American tribe under the U.S. government?
What color is commonly used in MMIW awareness campaigns?
What is red?
This 1830 law forced many Native nations to give up their lands and move west.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Trauma passed down through generations of Native families is called this.
What is intergenerational trauma?
True or False: Native American women experience higher rates of violence compared to other groups
What is True?
Who often investigates major crimes on tribal land: tribal police or federal agencies?
What are federal agencies?
What is one simple action people take to raise awareness for MMIW?
What is wearing red, attending marches, or posting on social media?
Broken promises and unfair treaties often resulted in this loss for Native Americans.
What is land theft?
High rates of poverty, poor health, and addiction in Native communities today can be linked back to this.
What is historical trauma?
Many MMIW cases go unreported. Name one reason why.
What is lack of media attention, mistrust of law enforcement, or poor recordkeeping?
Before 2013, could tribal courts prosecute non-Native people for domestic violence?
What is no?
May 5 is known as the National Day of Awareness for whom?
What is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?
Around 4,000 members of this tribe died during the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
Powwows, storytelling, and traditional art are ways Native people preserve this.
What is cultural identity?
This act, named after a murdered Indigenous woman, was passed to improve data collection and response.
What is Savanna’s Act?
What law gave tribal courts limited power to prosecute non-Natives for domestic violence?
What is the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)?
Name one Indigenous-led organization that supports Native women.
What is the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), Native Women's Wilderness, or Sovereign Bodies Institute?
The Trail of Tears forced Native nations to move west of this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
Native nations keep traditions alive through reviving this key part of culture.
What is language?
Which type of area — urban or reservation — has reported more cases of missing Indigenous women, according to some studies?
What is urban areas?
Explain the term "jurisdictional gap" in one sentence.
What is when no law enforcement agency takes responsibility for prosecuting a crime on tribal land?
What is one traditional or cultural method Indigenous communities use to support healing for survivors?
What is community ceremonies, traditional storytelling, or Indigenous healing practices?
Though commonly associated with the 1830 Indian Removal Act, this U.S. President's successor oversaw the enforcement of the Cherokee removal in 1838, despite a Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia that favored the tribe's sovereignty.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Despite federal assimilation policies like the Dawes Act and boarding school systems, this Native American nation maintained its matrilineal clan structure, revitalized its language through immersion schools, and reasserted sovereignty with a 2009 Supreme Court victory involving land trust status.
Who are the Oneida (or Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)?