MMIWR Resources 

"Native Search Solutions" https://www.nativesearchsolutions.org   is an organization that focuses on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) cases. This service is for those who are 18 and older (but if there are missing minors you can still reach out). In order to use this 4 things will be required: 

• Report number (police/incident)

• Request placed into National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Database

•  Family has to give consent for individual to be entered into the database Native solutions uses

•  photographs of the missing person

  This resource works all across the US and even in Canada. 

   Contact person is Mark Pooley- 480-380-7136.

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Hotlines for Natives who are experiencing violence 

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483 

• National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center: 1-855-649-7299 

• Coalition to Stop Violence against Native Women: 1-505-243-9199 

• Native and Indigenous peoples addiction & mental health support: 1-866-932-5243 

• Crisis text line: Text NATIVE to 741741 

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE 

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE 

• Eagles Nest Domestic Violence Shelter: 651-251-1608 

People who are experiencing violence resources 

• Identifying abuse: https://strongheartshelpline.org/abuse 

• What is consent: https://www.csvanw.org/resources/consent/ 

• How to navigate help: https://www.csvanw.org/resources/ 

• Getting help: https://strongheartshelpline.org/get-help 

• Creating a Safety Plan: https://strongheartshelpline.org/get-help/creating-a-safety-plan 

• Toolkit when a women is missing: https://www.niwrc.org/sites/default/files/files/reports/Toolkit_MissingAndMurdered.pdf 

• Tribal Coalitions: https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions 

• LGBTQ2S+: https://www.csvanw.org/lgbtq/ 

• Human Trafficking Resources: https://www.tatetopa.com/human-trafficking-resources-for-tribal-communities 

• Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota: http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/pdfs/Garden_of_Truth_Final_Project_WEB.pdf 

Books

• The beginning and End of Rape, Sarah Deer

• Killers of the Flower Moon

• Stolen Sisters

• Violence Against Indigenous Women, Allison Hargraves

Film

• https://www.somebodysdaughter.com/

• https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2022/03/19/pbs-show-new-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-documentary/7070900001/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdzM6krfaKY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psUA5jCuOgg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NscqDqT0L18

Online Resources

• https://indianlaw.org/issue/ending-violence-against-native-women

• https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/userfiles/file/Violence Against AI AN Women Fact Sheet.pdf

• https://www.csvanw.org/

• https://www.nyscadv.org/what-we-do/domestic-violence-indigenous-peoples.html

• https://www.niwrc.org/resources/journalist-resources/covering-domestic-violence-against-native-women

• https://www.acf.hhs.gov/media/press/2022/psas-highlight-domestic-violence-awareness-among-native-americans

• https://www.ncai.org/policy-issues/tribal-governance/public-safety-and-justice/violence-against-women

• https://vawnet.org/sc/gender-based-violence-and-intersecting-challenges-impacting-native-american-alaskan-village-0