“We have to call this national state of emergency what it is — a genocide.”

Carol McBride, president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, regarding the countless number of Indigenous people that have gone missing or been killed, many of which are never investigated by law enforcement officials. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day is held on May 5, the birthday of Hanna Harris, who was only 21 when she was slain on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. (Associated Press — May 5, 2023)