Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

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Raising Our Voices Sheds Light on Eight Year Unsolved Murder of UNC Student Faith Hedgepeth and other NC MMIW

On August 16, 2020, a special event was held in Chapel Hill, NC, entitled “Raising Our Voices”. The purpose of this was to bring more...[Read More]

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A National MMIW task force is long overdue. BUT…

The task force created by the Trump administration, and now the Cold Case Task Force, is long overdue. Nevertheless it is low hanging fruit meant...[Read More]

3 Aug
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Seven Years With No Justice: The Murder of Native American Student Faith Hedgepeth and How it Affected her Community

In December 2019, Women Advance will be rerunning some of our favorite stories during the year. There are too many amazing stories to highlight, but...[Read More]

20 Dec
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Crystal Cavalier Keck: WA Woman to Watch

Women AdvaNCe would like to celebrate Crystal Cavalier Keck as our Woman to Watch for November 2019. Crystal “Red Bear” Cavalier Keck has been a...[Read More]

8 Nov
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What it Means to be a Native Person

Join Women AdvaNCe as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November! In North Carolina we have the largest population of native peoples east of...[Read More]

1 Nov
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Stand with Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Four out of five Native women encounter violence today according to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Although the U.S. Department of Justice...[Read More]