CNN —“Reservation Dogs” star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai made a powerful statement on the red carpet at Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony, pairing a black tuxedo with what looked like a bloody red handprint smeared across his mouth.
The murder rate for women on reservations in the United States is 10 times higher than the national average, and murder is the third leading cause of death for Native women, according to the Urban Indian Health Institute.
In Canada, the number of Indigenous women and girls who have been killed or vanished is in the thousands.
In 2016, the government launched a national inquiry into missing and murdered women and girls.
Actresses Kali Reis and Lily Gladstone also made history at this year’s Emmys, becoming the first Indigenous women to be nominated in the acting category, according to Variety.
Persons:
D’Pharaoh Woon, Tai, “, ”, Woon, Bear, Kali Reis, Lily Gladstone
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CNN, Cree, Nations, Variety, North, Urban Indian Health Institute, Canadian, Amnesty, Canadian Press
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Oji, North America, United States, Canada, Ontario, “, Oklahoma