Understanding the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)

Grade Level: 11-12

Time: 60 Minutes

Essential Question

What should our society and its institutions do about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls?

About This Lesson

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis, sometimes also called Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), is an effort and movement to raise awareness and seek justice for the violence against Indigenous women and girls in North America. It also aims to draw attention to the high rates of disappearances and murders of Indigenous women and girls. This lesson provides an opportunity to learn more about this crisis and the reasons for the disproportionality, explore what stakeholders can do to address it and reflect on works of art aimed at raising awareness.