Media Mentions

Press Release, National Organization for Women

NOW Honors the National Day of Awareness for our Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR)

From the Center for Native American Youth and Sage Chief (Oglala Lakota and Diné), a 19-year-old student at Oglala Lakota College, on Fighting Against an Epidemic of Injustice on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. 

“We are given so many excuses as to why these cases are not handled correctly,” she writes, “it’s time somebody starts giving us solutions.”  

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Diné, Oglala Lakota

Op-ed, The Aspen Institute

Fighting Against an Epidemic of Injustice on the National Day of Awareness for MMIP

Sage Chief (she/her) is Oglala Lakota and Diné. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she now lives on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and has experienced first-hand the devastation of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) epidemic. At just 19 years old, Sage is a student at Oglala Lakota College, an ambassador for the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute and a passionate advocate for the MMIP movement.

MMIW, Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Diné, Oglala Lakota

Interview / Radio, KPFT 90.1 Houston, Texas

People of Earth

2025 Remembering Our Sisters Fellow Carrie Johnson was interviewed live on air about her work as an MMIWG2S+ advocate, her fellowship journey and CNAY.

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Chickasaw, Pawnee

News Roundup, National Native News

CNAY has announced its newest cohort of the Remembering Our Sisters Fellowship

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows

Press Release, Native Oklahoma Magazine

Young Indigenous Women & Femme Leaders Speak Out Against Epidemic of Injustice

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows

Article / Interview, College Park Here & Now, Maryland

UMD student creates map of missing, murdered Native Americans

University of Maryland (UMD) student Linaly Miyamoto created an interactive map, which pinpoints the locations where 500 or so indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered in the United States.

“I think seeing my grandma struggling with her indigenous identity … really was my reason for joining the fellowship,” Miyamoto said. “When you complain about something, but do nothing about it, then I don’t see a reason why you should not be doing anything.”

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Coast Salish Cowichan

Article / Interview, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin

Menominee woman visits White House to discuss epidemic of violence against her people

[McKaylin] Peters worked with like-minded young women from around the country via Zoom and then met with them in person at the end of the program in California. She also created a 10-minute mini-documentary highlighting the epidemic of violence from a local level on the Menominee Reservation and on a national level.

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Menominee Indian Tribe

Article / Interview, Yakima Herald-Republic, Washington

Video created by Yakama woman is a ‘call to action’ on crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women

A small forest near Toppenish was created to heal and nourish the land and those who planted it. The healing forest also inspired Christina Kaltsukis in sharing important messages.

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Yakama Nation

Article / Interview, Confederated Umatilla Journal, New York, Oregon

Wildbill wraps up Remembering Our Sisters fellowship

"I believe the Remembering Our Sisters project specifically helped me in my goals in my interests of law and policy in Indian Country through learning how to creatively and strategically raise awareness regarding MMIW movements and other advocacy issues."

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Interview / Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Montana

Apsáalooke artist creates mini-magazine Remembering Our Relatives

24-year-old MarLynn Cloud, Apsáalooke name Stands in His Light, is a Billings-based community and education advocate and recent fellow with the D.C. policy organization the Center for Native American Youth.

Remembering Our Sisters, Fellows, Apsáalooke