Understanding the ways missing and murdered Indigenous women are framed and handled by social media users

Moeke-Pickering, Taima; Cote-Meek, Sheila; Pegoraro, Ann

doi:10.1177/1329878x18803730

Cited by 15 publications

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“…There is an emerging body of literature which highlights the degree to which Indigenous people use social media (Carlson & Frazer 2018, 2016Carlson & Dreher 2018;Moeke-Pickering et al 2018;Duarte 2017;Wilson et al 2017). The findings of this research suggest that Indigenous peoples are avid social media users.…”

Section: Time Spent On Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 72%

'Waiting with Bated Breath'

Fredericks¹,

Bradfield

2021

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Section: Time Spent On Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 72%

'Waiting with Bated Breath'

Fredericks¹,

Bradfield

2021

M/C J

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“…The mainstream media also perpetuates racist myths and stereotypes about Native American populations (and women in particular) (Jiwani and Young, 2006;Jiwani, 2009;Moeke-Pickering et al, 2018;Kulig and Butler, 2019;Johnson, 2020). Most strikingly is the deployment of language that (re)produces prejudicial victim-blaming discourses and/or perceptions of Native Americans as violent aggressors.…”

Section: The Perpetuation Of Racial and Gendered Stereotypesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human trafficking as a racialized economy and the exploitation of indigenous socio-spatial (im)mobility in North America

Hill¹,

Anderson²,

King³

2022

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The phrase “missing and murdered indigenous women” (MMIW) refers to the hundreds of deaths and disappearances of Native American women that occur each year. A growing human and sex trafficking industry that exploits indigenous women as forced sex workers is causing these numbers to increase year after year. Traffickers actively target tribal communities due to the increased likelihood of not being caught or prosecuted by an unjust legal-jurisdictional system that effectively invites traffickers onto Native American reservations. The disproportionate risks facing Native American women are a direct consequence of the now well documented historical injustices experienced by indigenous communities since contact with European colonists. Although scholarship on MMIW is growing, little attention has focused on the unique socio-spatial dynamics related to Native American (im)mobility patterns and the ways in which these dynamics enhance vulnerability to victimization by traffickers. This study empirically unpacks these dynamics in the context of North America. In the process, the industry that profits on trafficking indigenous women is conceptualized as a “racialized economy” that is constituted through an exploitative relationship between the city (the market for trafficked indigenous sex slaves) and the reservation. Here, the reservation becomes a virtual extension of the city, a relational understanding that foregrounds the urban dimension to this problem. We conclude by discussing how this analysis informs best practices that can be employed to mitigate against these (im)mobility-related risk factors and save lives.

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“…Social media has created a virtual space for community building and activism, and this tool has been used effectively by Native peoples to advocate and bring awareness to MMIWG despite spaces of hate and dehumanizing, patronizing language about Indigenous peoples (Moeke‐Pickering et al., 2018). Social media users have become educators by bringing attention to this pandemic of violence (Moeke‐Pickering et al., 2018). Hashtags are a common tool used in social media to connect individual posts to a larger collection of posts on the same topic.…”

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Fighting for our sisters: Community advocacy and action for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

Ficklin

Tehee

Killgore

et al. 2021

Journal of Social Issues

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) are victims of pervasive violence that began centuries ago, one that has gone unrecognized by governments, institutions, and society as a whole. To fight this silencing, Native communities have come together to decolonize the narrative, advocate for MMIWG, and honor the lost lives of their daughters, sisters, and matriarchs. We provide an overview of the history of MMIWG, the lack of response by the US government, and the decolonial action and advocacy by Native communities. However, we also go far beyond the typical academic article, in that we present both the factual information behind MMIWG and the emotional weight that each of the authors and those we know carry. We have incorporated stories, pictures, art, and the names of MMIWG to illustrate the ongoing reality of the attempted genocide of Native women and girls. We pray that this article aids in the honoring of our lost sisters and their families while bringing awareness of this tragedy to the eyes of those who can join us in fighting the silence.

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Understanding the ways missing and murdered Indigenous women are framed and handled by social media users

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

'Waiting with Bated Breath'

'Waiting with Bated Breath'

Human trafficking as a racialized economy and the exploitation of indigenous socio-spatial (im)mobility in North America

Fighting for our sisters: Community advocacy and action for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

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