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Canada and the US: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

Native American and Alaska Native rates of murder, rape, and violent crime are all higher than the national averages. When looking at missing and murdered cases, data shows that Native American and Alaska Native women make up a significant portion of missing and murdered individuals. In 2023, Statistics Canada released a report showing that Indigenous women and girls were six times more likely to be murdered than other groups of people in Canada. Between 2009 and 2021, Indigenous women and girls made up of 2% and 3% of the Canadian population, yet represented 5% and 7% of homicide victims.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
A 2019 report from the Urban Indian Health Institute containing a snapshot of data from 71 urban cities in the United States.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR)
A comprehensive resource guide from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People
A comprehensive resource guide from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women
A comprehensive resource from Native Women's Wilderness, an organization created to bring Native women together to share their stories, support each other, and learn from one another as they endeavor to explore and celebrate the wilderness and native lands.