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Podcast: Local Features by WXPR
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Remembering Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Through a Skirt
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:05:39
Publish Date: 2019-05-24 05:00:00
Description: In March, Misty Jackson from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians participated in a fashion show with the goal of highlighting the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women. Beth Tornes continues our We Live Up Here series with the story. When Misty Jackson walked down the runway at the fashion show in Billings, Montana, the audience was surprised and moved by her creation. Jackson wore a full-length silver and red ribbon skirt imprinted with red hands. Written on the hands were the names of 16 missing and murdered indigenous women from throughout North America. The skirt won Third Place in the Most Creative Category. Jackson, a Bad River tribal member, was invited to enter the show with the Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, where she’s majoring in Science and Native American Studies. The fashion show was sponsored by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, or AIHEC, at its Annual Conference. One of the categories in the AIHEC fashion show was
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