Indigenous women have been going missing at alarming rates they have been going unnoticed for years. In 2016, 5,712 Native American women and girls were reported missing, only 116 cases were noticed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s federal missing person database, NamUs. According to the CDC, “The third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women and that rates of violence on reservations can be up to ten times higher than the national average… However, no research has been done on rates of such violence among American Indian and Alaska Native women living in urban areas despite the fact that approximately 71% of American Indian and Alaska Natives live in urban areas.”

Indigenous women deserve protection against being targeted for their race and gender identity. The pictures below are a few of the 100,000’s missing indigenous women’s cases, none of the women/girls have been recovered and sent home. Their families wonder every day if they will come home or not. It’s important we remember these women and girls, their stories, and their families that still want them to come home. 

Hayley Anastasia Mort, (Human Traffic Victim)

Missing from: Humbolt County & Thurston County, CA

Height: 5’2,  with a beauty mark above her lip.

Height: 120 lbs.

Eye Color: Hazel Green-Amber eyes

Hair Color: Dyed blonde hair.

Contact the following with tips on their whereabouts,

Detective Tim Marsolan (707-441-4109)

Officer Mike Peters (360-704-2740)

Cienna Azure Deschequette (Missing)

Missing since: Sept 11, 2021

Missing from: Willmar, MN

DOB: 6/25/2007

Height: 5’6”

Current Age: 14 yrs old

Gender: Female

Race: Native American

Eye and Hair Color: Brown

Weight: 150 lbs.

Contact the following with tips on their whereabouts,

911 or (1-800-843-5678) or (1-320-235-2244) Willmar Police Dept Minnesota

Deziray Sanapaw

Missing Since: Sept 6, 2021

Missing From: Milwaukee, WI

DOB: 1/19/2004

Current Age: 17 yrs old.

Gender: Female

Height: 5’0”

Race: Native American

Hair Color: Black

Weight: 180 lbs.

Eye Color: Brown

Contact the following with tips on their whereabouts,

911 or (1-800-843-5678) or Milwaukee Police Dept. Wisconsin (1-414-933-4444)

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Makayla Akpik 

Last Seen: July 29, 2021

Missing From: Fairbanks, AK

DOB: 1/9/2004

Current Age: 17 yrs old.

Height: 5’7’’

Gender: Female

Race: Native American

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Weight: 200 lbs.

Raeanne Gonnie 

Last Seen: June 24, 2021

Missing From: Phoenix, Arizona

DOB: 5/17/2004

Current Age: 17 yrs old

Height: 5’5’’

Gender: Female

Race: Native American

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Weight: 140 lbs.

Contact the following with tips on their whereabouts,

911 or (1-800-843-5678) or the Phoenix Arizona Police Dept. (1-602-262-6151)

Arden Pepion 

Last Seen: April 22, 2021

Missing From: Browning, Montana

DOB: 6/5/2017

Current Age: 4 yrs. old

Height: 3’0″

Gender: Female

Race: Native American

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Weight: 31 lbs.

Ruthie Kindness A.K.A Anna Heger 

Last Seen: 2/3/2011 (20 yrs old)

Missing From:  Federal Way, WA

DOB: 8/4/1990

Current Age: 31 yrs old.

Height: 5’4”

Gender: Female

Race: Native American

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Weight: 115 lbs.

Contact the following with tips on their whereabouts,

911 or (1-800-843-5678) or

Jasmine (Max) Estrada-Marquez 

Last Seen: June, 29, 2020

Missing From: Tucson, Arizona

DOB: 12/26/2002

Current Age: 18 yrs old.

Height: 5’7”

Gender: Female

Race: Native American

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Weight: 130 lbs.

Contact the following with tips on their whereabouts,

911 or (1-800-843-5678) or Tucson, Arizona PD (1-520-791-4444)

The following are petitions for missing indigenous women.

MMIW (MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN)

Help raise awareness and bring justice to the missing and murdered indigenous women.