News & Updates

As of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. However, the U.S Department of Justice missing persons database has only reported 116 cases. This is the statistic that I lead with when telling listeners about why I advocate for the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, here in the United States.

Courage is defined as the ability to do something that frightens one. “Cowgirl Courage” is defined as speaking up, standing up, and saddling up to eradicate injustices that are derived from a lack of courage.
Abigail Benz, founder of the nonprofit, Cowgirl Courage , said those injustices can include anything from human trafficking to an increase in veteran suicides.