Opened just a few weeks ago at Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, this collaboration between the museum and the Native American House at the University of Illinois brings to light the MMIR (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives) crisis, “initially referred to as the MMIW (Women) crisis, is a national crime pattern of disproportionate murder and missing cases of Indigenous peoples in the US that has been ongoing for centuries.” Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives: Red Regalia Project‘s garments will be on display in the Laubin Gallery of American Indian Cultures through September 29th.
MMIR Day is May 5th, thanks to the work of Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester from Montana, designated “in order to remember those Indigenous peoples whose lives were taken or victimized by kidnapping, murder, rape, assault, or other cruelties.” Krannert Center also has garments on display through the end of this month if you want to check one out there.
