Sing Our Rivers Red traveling art exhibit features 1,200 single earrings to symbolize Indigenous women, girls, Two Spirit and LGBTQQIA people who have been murdered or gone missing, tortured, raped, trafficked, and assaulted, who have not had the proper attention or justice. This art exhibit will remain at the UO Many Nation Longhouse until April 28th 2015.
Although yesterday was the last day of the exhibit, we want to extent an invitation for you to donate single earrings during the Take Back the Night-Eugene OR Rally which will be happening on Thursday April 30th @6:-7:15p.m at the EMU Amphitheater. We will be receiving donations at the ASUO Women’s Center booth/table.
#SORR #MMIW #Solidarity #TurtleIsland
#RestorativeJustice #HealingTheSpirit #ProtectTheSacred
#IdleNoMore
The injustices against Indigenous women don’t stop at the border; they affect us all. It is important to hold these events in the U.S. to show our support and solidarity for Indigenous women across Turtle Island. Because we are not murdered and we are not missing, we have a responsibility to speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves, because they were taken from our communities and families. Sing Our Rivers Red traveling art exhibit features 1,200 single earrings to symbolize those women. This art exhibit will remain at the UO Many Nation Longhouse until April 28th 2015.
This art piece strive to raise consciousness, unite ideas and demand action for Indigenous women, girls, Two Spirit and LGBTQQIA people who have been murdered or gone missing, tortured, raped, trafficked, and assaulted, who have not had the proper attention or justice.
While there isn’t a comprehensive estimate, there are many factors that contribute to the disproportionated number of Indigenous women who are missing and murdered in the United States. Indigenous women have incurred devastating levels of violence in the US. “According to the US Department of Justice, nearly half of all Native American women have been raped, beaten, or stalked by an intimate partner; one in three will be raped in their lifetime; and on some reservations, women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average.” But many factors complicate the reporting and recording of these numbers, including fear, stigma, legal barriers, racism, sexism, amongst others. Additionally, there is perpetuation of Native women as sexual objects in the mainstream media.