Taking Care of Us
The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP) presents the NACP Taking Care of Us Podcast, where we dive into cancer-related topics and explore the types of programs available to Indigenous or Native communities in the Southwest. The NACP is a collaboration between Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona, the University of Arizona Cancer Center and the Native Nations in the state of Arizona. The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention is funded by the National Institute of Health and National Cancer Institute: NAU NACP Grant Number U54CA143925 and UACC NACP Grant Number U54CA143924.For more information about NACP and the programs highlighted, please visit our website at www.nau.edu/nacp or check out our hashtag #NACPtakingcareofus.
Taking Care of Us
Episode 5: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP)
It is important to understand the connection between domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual violence and the high incidence of missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP) in the United States. The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people is not new. It is more than an epidemic – rather, it is part of the spectrum of violence experienced by Native women, men, LGBTQ+, 2Spirit and Trans & gender non-conforming relatives for centuries. This crisis of MMIP has deep roots in colonization and genocide and can be attributed to the lack of legal protections as a result of the systematic erosion of Tribal sovereignty stretching back more than five hundred years.
The “Taking Care of Us” Missing and Murdered Indigenous People episode investigates the recent formalities on the MMIP issue. The podcast features Shannon Hoshnic, Victim Advocate, of Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico in Farmington, New Mexico, and Honorable Navajo Nation Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty from Sheep Springs, New Mexico. It is produced by Northern Arizona University’s Native American Cancer Prevention Program and hosted by Eli Bigthumb (Navajo/Dine’), Kathryn Bezue (African American), and Rachel Whitman (Navajo/Dine’).