Billboards raise Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women awareness in Montana – The Snowbird fund to support families

Tveraa Photography owner Jen Buckley is using her work to elevate the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis (MMIW).

A billboard with Buckley’s photo recently went up outside Missoula on I-90 which reads, “How many must go missing until you start to listen.”

She plans to do more, and says those interested in sponsoring a billboard can contact [email protected] for more information.

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Whitney Williams launches Snowbird fund to support families search for missing Indigenous people

Though Native Americans comprise 6.7% of Montana’s population, they account for, on average, 26% of the state’s active missing persons cases.

Snowbird Fund organizers meet with MT Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

Organizers of the fund say in the three weeks since the fund was announced, they have already given two grants and that they will continue to focus on raising awareness in tribal communities that this money is there and available to help.