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Not invisible

Not Invisible is a Guardian series on the crisis of violence and indifference faced by Native American and First Nations women and their families

25 February 2020

  • Women take part in an annual event honoring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

    ‘I gotta stay strong’: the Native American families with a legacy of violent deaths

    An untracked number of Indigenous people have more than one relative missing or murdered in unexplained circumstances

29 July 2019

  • Cherish Violet Blood as Lila in Tara Beagan’s Deer Woman

    Power play: reclaiming the story of Canada's missing and murdered

    Tara Beagan’s drama about a Blackfoot woman seeking to avenge her sister’s murder confronts dark truths head on

17 June 2019

  • Family and friends of Alyssa McLemore, and members of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement gathered at Morrill Meadows Park in Kent, Wash., on Sunday, April 7, 2019, to mark the tenth anniversary of McLemore’s disappearance.

    Washington state takes landmark step on missing Native American women

    A new report, the product of 10 meeting with indigenous people across the state, calls for more coordination to tackle the crisis

9 June 2019

  • Attendees console each other at the closing ceremony for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Gatineau, Quebec., on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

    Canadian volunteers scour river for missing Indigenous women

    Drag the Red searches for human remains in the Red River as a report recently concluded Indigenous women face a ‘genocide’

7 June 2019

  • 18 mai 2019. Arizona, Flagstaff. Shelly Denny et Luvy Yonnie partent de Phoenix pour rejoindre à Flagstaff Sobe Silvia et Henrietta Nelson et assister à une cérémonie orgaisée par le pasteur Bill Gowey et sa femme Jan dans leur chapelle afin de remettre au groupe une robe rouge de dans traditionnelle Jingle dress pour le projet #MMIWRide. // © Olivier Touron / Divergence

    'No more stolen sisters': 12,000-mile ride to highlight missing indigenous women

    Up to 4,000 Indigenous women are killed or missing in Canada, while in the US they face murder rates up to 10 times higher than the national average

3 June 2019

  • Canada’s PM Trudeau is presented with the final report during the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Gatineau<br>Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is presented with the final report during the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

    Canada must not ignore Indigenous 'genocide', landmark report warns

    With up to 4,000 Indigenous women and girls killed or missing over last 30 years, Justin Trudeau says: ‘We have failed you. We will fail you no longer’

31 May 2019

  • Justin Trudeau

    Decades of missing Indigenous women a 'Canadian genocide' – leaked report

    Government’s inquiry into disappeared women and girls to be published Monday

2 May 2019

  • Debra Haaland represents Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Congress.

    Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act

    Debra Anne Haaland
  • Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s boyfriend Ashston Matheny holds their daughter, as victim impact statements are read during the sentencing of Brooke Crews.

    A Native American woman's brutal murder could lead to a life-saving law

1 May 2019

  • Family and friends of Alyssa McLemore, and members of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement — including family members of Rosenda Strong, who disappeared in October 2018, gathered at Morrill Meadows Park in Kent, Wash., on Sunday, April 7, 2019, to mark the tenth anniversary of McLemore’s disappearance.

    'Sister, where did you go?': the Native American women disappearing from US cities

  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaks with reporters on the way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

    'Essential first step': Congress moves to act on crisis of violence against Native women

25 February 2019

  • Kimberly Loring<br>File - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Kimberly Loring holds a photo of her sister, Ashley HeavyRunner Loring, who went missing on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation as she stands in her grandmother's home in Browning, Mont. Loring, the sister of a missing Blackfeet woman in Montana is expressing frustration over police's initial response to her loved one's disappearance, telling U.S. senators in prepared testimony Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, that "dysfunctional" investigations into missing persons cases have troubled numerous Native American families. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

    A young woman vanishes. The police can't help. Her desperate family won't give up

    Ashley Heavyrunner Loring disappeared from the Blackfeet reservation in Montana – a one and a half million acres expanse of land. To find her, family and allies are deploying everything they can think of – including drones

1 May 2018

  • Canada’s Highway of Tears<br>BRITISH COLUMBIA - APRIL 24: A truck drives past a road sign on Canada’s Route 16 on April 24, 2016 about 18 miles north of the town of Smithers, British Columbia. Canada’s Route 16, which connects Prince George with Prince Rupert and runs for 450 miles through the province of British Columbia, has been given the nickname of the Highway of Tears. Along this east to west road, it is estimated that as many as forty First Nations women and girls have been murdered or disappeared. Across Canada, it is estimated that between 1980 and 2014, as many as 1,200 native women and girls were murdered or vanished. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/ Corbis via Getty Images)

    Violence against women in Canada is 'pervasive and systemic' – UN envoy

    Dubravka Šimonović, UN special rapporteur on violence against women, praised Justin Trudeau’s government but said more needed to be done

10 August 2017

  • Canada’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Bennett speaks during a news conference with Justice Minister Wilson-Raybould on Parliament Hill in Ottawa<br>Canada’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett (R) speaks during a news conference regarding a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal with Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

    Canadian inquiry into murdered indigenous women may end empty

    The resignation of numerous staff members has coincided with an open letter signed by 150 indigenous leaders urging Justin Trudeau to overhaul the inquiry

30 July 2017

  • A sign on Canada’s route 16, which runs through the province of British Columbia and has been given the nickname of the Highway of Tears. It’s estimated that as many as 40 First Nations women and girls have been murdered or disappeared along it.

    Canada's First Nations already feel failed by inquiry into missing and murdered women

    Indigenous groups say they’ve been left in the dark and ‘re-victimised’ by Trudeau government’s investigation, and call for a reset after months of red flags

3 August 2016

  • People attend a rally in remembrance of the missing and murdered women and girls in Vancouver last year.

    Canada begins inquiry into decades of violence against indigenous women

    Five commissioners to oversee long-awaited investigation into missing and murdered women as minister hails ‘important step in journey of reconciliation’

17 June 2016

  • First Nation's bands form a blockade at the main VIA rail line between Toronto and Ottawa near Marysville, Ontario March 19, 2014. The blockade was part of a day of action to call attention to missing and murdered indigenous and aboriginal women. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3HRQI

    Highway of Tears to get bus route after 18 women murdered or missing

    Canadian indigenous groups say number of victims is closer to 50 along the remote 450-mile stretch of road through British Columbia

17 February 2016

  • 8th Annual Sisters in Spirit Memorial March - Montreal<br>04 Oct 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada --- Montreal, Canada. 4th October 2013 -- Demonstrators carrying a banner demand justice for missing and murdered native women during the annual Sisters in Spirit march in Montreal. -- An event organized by the Native Womens Association of Canada, saw hundreds of people take to the streets in downtown Montreal and in other cities throughout Canada demanding an end to violence towards native women. --- Image by © Oscar Aguirre/Demotix/Corbis

    Missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada could number 4,000

    Talks with indigenous communities before an inquiry into the missing and murdered women suggest figure is much higher than police estimate of 1,200

19 January 2016

  • A boat on Lake Superior, off Duluth.

    Crimes against Native American women raise questions about police response

    Local activists in Minnesota say deaths and disappearances of Native women are linked to human trafficking and that police aren’t taking the issue seriously

8 December 2015

  • Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau and AFN national chief Perry Bellegarde talk before the beginning of the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Québec on Tuesday.

    Canada launches inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women

    Justin Trudeau promises ‘total renewal’ of relationship with aboriginal people with investigation of nearly 1,200 murders and disappearances in three decades
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