The Adams State University Native American Student Success and Achievement Club in collaboration with the SLV American Indian Center and the San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center (SLV AHEC) raised awareness about the number of Indigenous women who are murdered or missing with a special event on Feb. 14, 2023.
Participants of the MMIW Awareness Walk marched from the corner of Main St. and West Ave. to the Adams State Nielsen Library. The event continued inside with presentations, audience participation, and a Jingle Dress Dance by Adams State senior kinesiology major Precious Kaibah Robinson, who is a cross country and track athlete. Robinson, a Navajo and Chiricahua Apache, is also pursuing her MBA.
Sophomore business administration/business education major Nizhoni Begay, member of the Navajo Nation, helped organize the event. “The number of missing or murdered Indigenous women is a very serious issue that remains under-reported. I have presented my research twice during the fall semester and at this event. It’s important to draw attention to this ongoing, widespread tragedy.”
