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Roxanne White has raised awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and people by organizing at least 40 events, including the annual MMIWP Families march. White dedicated her life to this work after her own healing journey and an introduction to activism at Standing Rock Reservation.
Born and raised on the Yakama Nation Reservation, White is Nez Perce, Yakama, Nooksack and Aaniiih, she is the granddaughter of a boarding school survivor and a survivor of childhood abduction, sexual abuse, human trafficking and domestic violence. Though she also experienced these things, she has chosen that the buck stop with her.
She gives direct support to families searching for love ones and also those grieving when they are found dead. It’s emotionally charged work that requires additional support that she’d love to have.
Her mission is to raise consciousness, unite people to act, and demand action for Indigenous people who have been murdered or gone missing, tortured, raped, trafficked, and assaulted - those who have not received the proper attention or justice while we experience the tragedies in native communities at rates significantly higher than all other people groups the USA.
Assisting families of missing indigenous boys and girls, men and women to find their loved ones through coordinated marketing campaigns and front line action.
Walking families through the grieving moments of losing a loved one to murder, from counseling to funeral services to moving forward.
She is a frequent contributor to the press and also works with groups like the Sovereign Bodies Institute, which produces and disseminates research to end gender & sex violence.
