Why Are So Many Indigenous Women Going Missing and Being Murdered? (with Rosalie Fish)

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Rosalie Fish is a member of the Cowlitz Tribe and a runner from the Muckleshoot Reservation in Auburn, Washington. She is a women’s track and field athlete at the University of Washington, where she was recently selected for a prestigious Truman Scholarship from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. She often runs and trains with a red painted handprint on her face, dedicated to Indigenous women and girls who have been killed or disappeared. Countless have gone missing, though numbers are hard to track for a variety of reasons. For example, as NativeHope.org notes, “The National Crime Information Center reports that, in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, though the US Department of Justice’s federal missing person database, NamUs, only logged 116 cases.” Today on Change Agents, Rosalie talks about how this violence has affected her own family and indigenous communities around the country, and what can be done to address it. SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 on your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9	Even more tragic case, there's Resenda Strong from the Yakima Reservation. Resenda Strong went
0:36.6	missing and was found in a freezer that was thrown off of the highway.
0:44.3	And unfortunately, she was dismembered into trash bags.
0:48.3	And again, it was years until finally her sister showed up at every single possible meeting.
0:57.0	Rosanda's sister was at legislation hearings and family testimonies for missing and
1:04.0	murder indigenous people. And her sister was missing in 2019.
1:10.0	And it was only in 2023 that they started the,
1:13.6	they named the suspects.
1:15.6	In these, for the whole four years,
1:17.6	her sister was doing it all on her own.
1:21.6	How can I help?
1:23.6	How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?
1:26.6	Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
1:32.6	We have to organize a social movement.
1:37.3	We have an opportunity to lead by example versus just talking, hot air.
1:43.2	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually you
1:46.8	could change. You know, the people are the ones that can make the change.
1:54.8	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back and thank you for tuning in to change agents, an Iron
1:58.8	Cloud Original, presented by Montana Knife Company.
2:02.6	Today's episode is going to focus on missing and murdered indigenous women.
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