Hey, this is Annie and you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.

And today we're going to talk about a topic a lot of you listeners have requested.

The missing and murdered indigenous women of North America and this is often shortened

to MMIW.

And to talk about this, I am so happy to be joined with Christine Novis from Seating

Sovereignty.

Thank you so much for joining us, Christine.

Thank you.

Could you tell us a little bit about yourself and about Seating Sovereignty?

Yeah, I'm playing Scruis Alto of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada.

But I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which sometimes I jokingly call the

Resiest City in Canada.

And I've been living in the I.O.A for about 13 years.

I came here to get my degree.

I have to agree in a master's degree in religious studies with a focus on Native American

religion of culture and a minor in American Indian Native Studies.

And the Seating Sovereignty is an organization that's been around just for a few years,

kind of emerged out of Standing Rock.

Women by the name of Janet McGilvery founded it.

And then I started working with Seating Sovereignty almost two years ago now.

And it's a woman's indigenous led organization.

And we kind of do, I don't know what you would call us to be honest.

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