Not Our Native Daughters

A National MMIW Organization

Today WeRaise Awareness

Tomorrow We Will HaveJustice

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Highest Rates of Violence

Native American women face some of the highest rates of violence in the United States. The Department of Justice reports that 84.3% of Native American women have experienced violence in their lifetime, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Between 86-96 percent of the sexual abuse of Native women is committed by non-Indigenous perpetrators who are rarely brought to justice. This violence has its roots in colonial history, starting with Columbus's 1492 expedition.

Colonial Roots of Violence

The crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) is severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that Native American women are more than twice as likely to be victims of homicide compared to non-Hispanic white women.

Murdered, Missing & Indigenous Women

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Not Our Native DaughtersReceives Women of Impact Awardfrom Focus on Women Magazine for Their Work on MMIWR

Not Our Native Daughters Participates in Environmental Justice/Climate Change Disrupt Fellowship Retreat with National EJ/CJ Leaders

Call for Submissions: Honoring Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives through Art

Not Our Native Daughters, an organization dedicated to advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR), invites submissions of artwork in any medium to raise awareness throughout May 2025. We welcome photographs featuring red handprints, digital artwork of any format, and other creative expressions that honor and uplift the MMIWR movement.

Decolonizing Data Project in partnership with Urban Indian Health Institute

Not Our Native Daughters is honored to serve on the MMIR Colorado Task Force and to be a speaker at the Southern Ute 4th Annual MMIR Walk/Run on Saturday, May 3rd.

We invite you to join us for a powerful day of remembrance, awareness, and community action in honor of our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives.

To learn more or get involved, please contact Daisy BlueStar at daisybluestar2003@gmail.com.

Not Our Native Daughters is honored to be one of the speakers at the MMIP Awareness Day event hosted by the Indigenous Idaho Alliance on May 5, 2025.


We stand in solidarity for a day of remembrance, healing, and action in honor of our Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. This gathering is a powerful opportunity to uplift the voices of MMIP families, share knowledge, and strengthen our collective commitment to justice, safety, and healing in Indigenous communities.

Event Highlights Include:
• Opening Prayer & Vigil to honor MMIP victims and their families
• Justice Walk from the Capitol to the Boise Centre
• MMIP Summit with keynote speaker, family panels, and stakeholder discussions
• Community Lunch
• Cultural Sharing and Memorial Dinner with drumming, song, and gifts for families

This event is free and open to the public. Travel and honorarium support is available for MMIP families and invited guests. The event is intended to educate, uplift, and inspire collective action across sectors and communities in Idaho and beyond.

Contact & More Info:
Email: info@indigenousidalliance.org
Follow: @IndigenousIdahoAlliance on social media

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Not Our Native Daughters (NOND) was created for the education and awareness of the missing, exploited, murdered Indigenous Women & Children. May we continue to honor all victims, by continuing to stand for them! Fight with us!

NOND on President’s Biden Apology to Native Americans

"I never went into boarding school, but I have suffered the passed-down trauma, the associated trauma that has stemmed from the boarding school era," Lynnette Grey Bull of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming told Scripps News. Grey Bull's father, Myron, her aunt and several other family members were among those forcibly taken from their homes during that period.

"My father, my grandparents and my ancestors before them have passed away, they have journeyed on, but during their lifetime they were never able to say, 'I suffered a traumatic event such as the boarding school,'" she added. "It was never acknowledged, not only for themselves, but from the US government."

Dateline NBC special The Secrets of Spirit Lake

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NOND founder, Lynnette Grey Bull, featured in Dateline NBC special The Secrets of Spirit Lake focused on the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Premieres Friday, August 27, 2021 (10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT). 

Lynnette Grey Bull | Credit: Dateline NBC

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