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Not Our Native Daughters, Wind River, Ethete, WY (2026)

05/30/2026

🇺🇸 Today we remember and honor
U.S. Army Specialist Lori Piestewa, 23
Born Dec. 14, 1979; killed in action in Iraq on March 23, 2003 🇺🇸

Pfc. Piestewa, who was posthumously promoted to Specialist, was the first Native American woman in history to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military. She was also the first American woman in the U.S. military to be killed in the Iraq War.

Piestewa was assigned to the 507th Maintenance Company stationed on Fort Bliss, which was responsible for transporting water and supplies among providing other assistance to combat units. She died in Iraq after an ambush on her Humvee, which she was sitting in with her best friend Pfc. Jessica Lynch—who was captured by Iraqi forces and held as a prisoner of war before U.S. Special Operators troops recovered her on April 1. Piestewa was awarded the Purple Heart and Prisoner of War Medal.

“Because Jessica’s story got so much media attention, Lori highlighted that when you’re a woman on convoys bringing supplies, you are in combat — you are right in there with the combat units,” Eggert said. “Those units take the risks and sometimes pay the ultimate prices.”

After the death of , a member of the tribe, named after her. She is also recognized in the annual Lori Piestewa National Games, in which 10,000 Native Americans compete in a multi-day sports event.

05/27/2026

May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People. It is a day that belongs to every family still waiting for answers, every community that has held vigils instead of celebrations, and every advocate who has carried this work when no one was watching. This day exists because Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit relatives have been disappeared — by violence, by broken systems, and by a silence that too many institutions have been comfortable with. We are not comfortable with it. Not Our Native Daughters shows up on May 5th and every day in between.

Mark the date. Take action. Text NOND to 44-321 to donate to the MMIP Family Support Fund. Share this post and follow Not Our Native Daughters so that May 5th reaches every feed it needs to reach.

05/27/2026

Families have the right to be heard.
When a loved one is missing, families deserve to be taken seriously from the beginning.

Families have the right to urgent action.
No one should be told to wait when their loved one may be in danger.

Families have the right to updates.
Families deserve communication, transparency, and respect throughout the search and investigation.

Families have the right to accurate reporting.
Our relatives should not be misclassified, erased, or left out of data systems.

Families have the right to culturally safe support.
Survivors and families deserve care that honors their identity, grief, traditions, and community.

Families have the right to justice.
Our missing and murdered relatives deserve accountability, protection, and systems that respond with urgency.

Our relatives are not statistics.
They are loved. They are missed. They deserve justice.

Not Our Native Daughters stands with families, survivors, and Tribal communities through education, prevention, advocacy, and support.

05/27/2026

We’re honored to be part of Innovations in the Treatment of Trauma Through Their Eyes at Talking Stick Resort in Arizona.

Not Our Native Daughters is grateful for the invitation to bring awareness to MMIP/MMIWR, Human Trafficking, Indigenous victim advocacy, and the urgent need for culturally grounded, trauma-informed approaches when working with Indigenous survivors, families, and communities.

If you are in the Arizona or Valley area, stop by our booth and meet Chelsa Seciwa (Pueblo Zuni) — our MMIP Legal & Victim Advocate and one of our featured SME presenters. Chelsa works directly with families impacted by MMIP and Human Trafficking and brings deep knowledge surrounding survivor advocacy, legal navigation, victim services, and Indigenous-informed healing approaches.

Come learn more about our MMIWR and Human Trafficking trainings, culturally responsive and trauma-informed approaches to working with victims and survivors, and why Indigenous-led advocacy and education are critical in addressing violence impacting Native communities. Whether you are a provider, advocate, clinician, educator, agency representative, or community member, we invite you to stop by, connect, and learn more about this work.

She will be available throughout the day to share resources, answer questions, and speak about the realities Indigenous families continue to face while also highlighting pathways toward healing, prevention, and community support.

You can also learn more about our MMIP Family Support Fund, Indigenous Youth Voices programming, and our national technical assistance and training initiatives focused on MMIWR, Human Trafficking, victim advocacy, and trauma-informed engagement in Indigenous communities.

📍 Talking Stick Resort – Scottsdale, Arizona
🖤 Stop by and visit the NOND booth.

Support our MMIP Family Support Fund:

Text NOND to 44-321
(Verizon users text NOND to +1 (917) 999-0700)

05/21/2026

Today is Native Nonprofit Day.

Native-led organizations receive less than 1% of philanthropic funding while our communities continue facing some of the highest rates of violence, poverty, su***de, addiction, trafficking, environmental harm, and missing and murdered Indigenous relatives in the nation. Yet despite these barriers, Native nonprofits continue carrying the weight of protecting our people, preserving culture, responding to crisis, and creating pathways for future generations.

At Not Our Native Daughters, we respond daily to the MMIP crisis, support impacted families through our MMIP Family Support Fund, provide culturally grounded technical assistance trainings, and create prevention and healing spaces for Native youth through Indigenous Youth Voices.

This work is not funded the way it should be.
But our communities continue showing up anyway.

Today we ask you to stand with Native-led organizations doing the work our communities cannot afford to lose.

Donate today to support Indigenous-led solutions, prevention, healing, advocacy, and direct family support.

Text NOND to 44-321
Verizon users text NOND to +1 (917) 999-0700

05/21/2026

Today is Native Nonprofit Day — a day created by Native Ways Federation to bring awareness to a painful reality many people still do not understand.

Native-led nonprofits receive less than 1% of philanthropic funding in the United States, while Native communities continue facing some of the highest rates of violence, su***de, trafficking, poverty, health disparities, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives in the nation.

For generations, Native people have been expected to survive impossible conditions with the least amount of support. Yet Native-led organizations continue showing up every single day — searching for our missing, feeding families, protecting our youth, preserving language and culture, defending sacred lands, responding to crisis, and creating healing in communities that systems have long abandoned.

Native nonprofits are not underfunded because the work lacks impact.
They are underfunded because society has never truly invested in Indigenous life the way it should.

And still… we continue loving our people enough to do the work anyway.

Today, we ask people to not only acknowledge Native-led organizations — but to support them, amplify them, fund them, and believe in the communities they serve. Uplift Native Non-Profit Day by SHARING! 🙏🏽

To support our work:
Text NOND to 44-321
Verizon users text NOND to +1 (917) 999-0700

05/21/2026

Our Indigenous Youth Voices (IYV) leadership team recently had the opportunity to sit down with our partners at the Social Justice Fund while I was away speaking at an MMIP gathering in the Bishop Paiute community. Although I deeply wished I could have been in two places at once, seeing this photo honestly brings tears to my eyes. 🥺

As I left the Bishop Paiute community, I carried with me the feeling of being surrounded by relatives, love, and shared purpose. At the same time, our IYV youth leadership team was back home having an incredibly important conversation about the future of our programming, our communities, and the experiences that shaped them as Indigenous youth from Wind River.

One thing I have always believed is that our youth can explain this work better than anyone — because this is their lived experience, their healing, their leadership, and their passion keeping this movement alive. Indigenous Youth Voices was never meant to simply be a program “for” Native youth. It was built to be led with them, guided by their voices, their stories, and their vision for the future.

I deeply thank our Indigenous Youth Voices leadership team for taking the time to meet with our partners and represent our communities with such strength, humility, and heart. Watching these young leaders step into these spaces with confidence reminds me why this work matters so much. Beyond proud does not even begin to explain how I feel.

And thank you to for your willingness to truly listen to our youth, to hear Wind River stories and experiences directly from them, and for creating a space where they felt comfortable, valued, and heard. Support like this helps our youth understand that their voices matter and deserve to be invested in.

This photo is a reminder that the next generation is already leading. ❤️

05/19/2026

This is what prevention looks like. It looks like a young woman in her regalia, moving with the knowledge and pride of her people behind her. Indigenous Youth Voices exists because the most powerful protection we can give our youth is not a warning — it is a foundation. When young people know their culture, their land, and their community, they carry something that cannot be taken easily. Not Our Native Daughters invests in this work because we understand that crisis response alone is not enough. We have to build the conditions that make our youth harder to harm and impossible to erase.

Prevention is not a program. It is a promise we keep every day. Text NOND to 44-321 to donate and support both our crisis response and our youth empowerment work. Share this post and follow Not Our Native Daughters to invest in the generation that comes after us.

05/19/2026

We are deeply honored to have been invited by the Paiute-Shoshone in Bishop, California and community partners to attend the BPT Community MMIP Walk & Gathering and to be asked to serve as a guest speaker.

Events like this help bring awareness not only to our tribal communities, but also to non-Native communities who may not fully understand the realities Indigenous families face when a loved one goes missing, is exploited, or murdered. It also lets our relatives across Indian Country know we are here if they need us. Through our MMIP Family Support Fund, we continue supporting families impacted by MMIP while also pushing conversations around how to better address this crisis on both the state and federal level.

We continue calling on investigating agencies to take another look at our Indigenous cases — or maybe for the first time. We need more people willing to stand for justice and do what is right for our families and communities.

If you are in the area, please come join us.

We walk because our loved ones deserved more time here. We walk carrying names that still echo through our homes and communities. And we walk hoping Creator sees every prayer, every tear, and every step made in love for those we miss.

05/18/2026

We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of the stunning, beautiful Indigenous women who came out this weekend for Tiana Spotted Eagle “Canaries Finding Their Voices” singing class. This was more than a class, it became a space of honesty, vulnerability, laughter, healing, and reconnection.🪶

Together, women gathered to share discussions around identity, the importance of cultural teachings, and the various protocols surrounding the drum and singing from different tribal nations. Tiana led powerful conversations around lateral oppression, disconnection, and the journey of returning to culture and self. She courageously shared parts of her own healing journey and what it meant for her to find her voice again through song, community, and culture.

Throughout the weekend, we laughed together, shed some tears together, and most importantly, showed up for one another. The room was filled with support, understanding, encouragement, and the reminder that our voices matter.

We are incredibly thankful to Tiana Spotted Thunder, for facilitating this space and every woman and young girl who trusted this space and helped make it so meaningful.

Not Our Native Daughters will be hosting another session with Tiana back to our Denver ancestral lands, “He Sápa Otúŋwahe,” in late summer and/or fall. We highly encourage everyone to sign up for our email subscription (visit our website) list to stay updated on upcoming gatherings, classes, and community events, as registration spaces tend to fill very quickly.

Wóphila tȟáŋka, iwáštegla na wowíčakȟe kiŋ lé wašté yuha yo/ye.
Many blessings, prosperity, and may you carry goodness with you.🪶

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