DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2019:</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackfeetNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackfeetNation</span></a> to host first-ever Murdered and Missing<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousWomen</span></a> tribunal in the U.S. </p><p>Posted on September 26, 2019 Last Read Indians, via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIW</span></a> tribunal to be held at the Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana the weekend of October 4-5 [2019]</p><p>"'This is not just a Blackfeet or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> tribes’ tragedy, it is an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianCountry</span></a> tragedy, and a national and international disgrace. This is a multi-generational epidemic the federal government has done nothing to address – even less than the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadianGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianGovernment</span></a> – which was found to be complicit in ‘deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide’ by its own National Inquiry into MMIW,' said Chairman Tim Davis of the Blackfeet Nation. "</p><p>"'The Blackfeet Nation is uniquely positioned to host this first of its kind MMIW tribunal in the lower-48 states. The Blackfeet Tribe (Amskapi Pikuni), a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy along with its three sister tribes – the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Piikani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Piikani</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blood</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Siksika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Siksika</span></a>, located in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlbertaCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertaCanada</span></a>, stands in solidarity in combatting the issue of MMIW (MMIP) in Indian country. “The truth is that we live in a country whose laws and institutions perpetuate violations of basic human and Indigenous rights. These violations amount to nothing less than the deliberate, often covert campaign of genocide against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people,' wrote Chief Commissioner Marion Buller in Reclaiming Power and Place, the final report of Canada’s National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls published on June 3, 2019. </p><p>“'We are not divided by the border we are united in our grief. Many women and children stolen from our communities are trafficked back and forth between the US and Canada,' explained Chairman Davis.<br>Tribal members constitute seven percent of Montana’s population, but the state identifies some 26 percent of missing persons as Native American. Available evidence suggests that may be a low estimate. Last year’s Urban Indian Health Institute Report identified Montana as the state with the fifth highest incidence of MMIW cases. Billings, which had the same disturbing ranking among cities, is a known-hub on the I-90 corridor through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrowNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowNation</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cheyenne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheyenne</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakotaDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakotaDakota</span></a> country to Minnesota, along which indigenous women and children are trafficked into sex slavery. The western 'track' runs from Missoula to Seattle, Washington. As of spring 2019, Montana had not submitted any MMIW data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 'For those abducted into sex-slavery, the I-90 corridor is a second <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HighwayOfTears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighwayOfTears</span></a>, said Chairman Davis, drawing a comparison to the infamous highway in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> cited in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReclaimingPowerAndPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReclaimingPowerAndPlace</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/10/blackfeet-nation-to-host-first-ever.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/10</span><span class="invisible">/blackfeet-nation-to-host-first-ever.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIWG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenSisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StolenSisters</span></a></p>