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Native America Calling: The ongoing push for MMIP action and awareness
Thursday, March 6, 2025
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The ongoing push for MMIP action and awareness
A play in Burbank, California, exposes the frustrations Native Americans often express about the ongoing tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP).

The largely Native production, Four Women In Red, portrays a group of women who learn they’re largely alone in finding out information about missing loved ones. The play comes at a time of job cuts for Department of Interior officials and federal law enforcement officers.

At the same time, the Trump Administration announced new efforts to identify remains of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and reunite them with their families. Some states, including New Mexico, are making moves to reinforce their efforts to solve MMIP crimes.

LA Progressive: Four Women in Red at the Victory Theatre

Guests on Native America Calling
Angel Charley (Acoma Pueblo and Navajo), New Mexico State Senator, District 30

Laura Shamas (Chickasaw) playwright and creator of Four Women In Red

LaRenda Morgan (Cheyenne and Arapaho) MMIP chapter chair and government affairs officer for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma

William J. Horton (Choctaw) regional agent in charge for the Missing and Murdered Unit at the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Darlene Gomez, attorney and activist for missing and murdered Indigenous people

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