D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai arrives at the Emmys with powerful statement honoring missing Indigenous women

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1. > The red hand over the mouth stands for “all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard,” reads the website for the organization Native Hope. “It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis. It stands for the oppression and subjugation of Native women who are now rising up to say #NoMoreStolenSisters.”

2. Thank you for sharing. This needs more attention.

3. No matter how many times I see the red hand over the mouth (don’t know if it has an official name) it still makes me pause and go “oh, shit”. Incredibly powerful

4. First time I saw the red hand over the mouth was in Dances with Wolves during the war party battle scene. Always thought it looked amazing and intimidating.

   Now seeing its meaning, and understanding symbols change, it takes an even more powerful look.

5. I can remember years ago of they were looking in the swamps for a missing white woman and they ended up finding the bodies of three Indigenous women instead, basically showing the police put more effort into disappearances of whites.

6. I get the symbolism, but why are so many missing? 🤷‍♂️

7. Yes, visibility matters.

8. way to go nephew

9. I remember watching Wind River and feeling so infuriated. IRRC there was some weird law, something about non natives can go to their native land and commit assault, leave and not be charged. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s an insane law that should defiantly change.