No More Stolen Sisters: Red Dresses Memorialize Missing and Murdered Women

No More Stolen Sisters: Red Dresses Memorialize Missing and Murdered Women

By Lisa Pemberton, Puyallup Tribal News Editor

 
 

Many Puyallup Tribal members, including the Tribal Council and administrative staff, also wore red on May 5 to mark the solemn occasion and call attention to missing and murdered people throughout Indian Country.

“The statistics are alarming and unacceptable,” Chairman David Z. Bean posted on Facebook. “Our tribal communities are impacted with very little attention or reporting. …We demand change. Stand with us. Protect our women, protect our girls, protect our communities.”

Red dress display photos by Lisa Pemberton. Additional photos courtesy of Puyallup Tribal members Carolyn DeFord, Monica Miller, Annette Bryan and David Z. Bean