The Stolen Sisters

In The Thick

Futuro Media

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🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The #MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) movement has been gaining momentum in the U.S. and Canada, as Indigenous women call for an end to targeted violence. Maria and Julio speak about this widespread issue with Annita Lucchesi, a Southern Cheyenne cartographer who has built the largest database of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and Jenni Monet, an independent journalist and tribal member of the Pueblo of Laguna. ITT Staff Picks

The Intercept on how politicians are only now starting to pay attention to the missing Indigenous women.
Annita Lucchesi's work: How a database is tracking the disappeared indigenous women (from Bustle).
Jenni Monet's article for PBS, linking the women's march and to Indigenous women's rights.
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0:00.0	When that's the only way that you ever see Native women and you don't see anyone ever be held accountable for that violence,
0:08.0	it's easy to see us as objects rather than human beings. JUO, O, play.
0:14.0	Yo, what's up?
0:16.0	Welcome to In The Thick This is a podcast about politics, race, and culture
0:19.0	from a POC perspective.
0:20.0	I'm Maria Nijo Hosan.
0:22.0	And I'm Jureka Loberila. You know, there's a lot. Hell a ton of news going on in the world.
0:27.0	Hell a ton of news coming out of the United States right now.
0:31.0	But we are making a choice to do a particular kind of show today, right?
0:34.7	Julio?
0:35.7	Totally, Marian, I'm very excited about this one.
0:37.8	So joining us from her home in Eureka, California is Anita Lucchese.
0:43.1	She's a Southern Cheyenne cartographer.
0:46.6	And she's built the largest database
0:48.9	of missing and murdered indigenous women.
0:51.6	Hey, Anita, welcome to the show. Hi, thanks for having me. And from
0:55.7	Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of my favorite places is Jenny Monet, an award-winning
1:00.8	journalist and tribal member of the Pueblo of the Guna in New Mexico.
1:04.5	What up Jenny?
1:05.5	Hey Maria, thanks for having me on your show.
1:08.4	We're so happy to have you both on our show and to be talking about the issue of Native American women who are going
1:14.9	missing or murdered. And I guess I just want to state that before we start with a
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