<![CDATA[Voices for the Voiceless]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/voices-for-the-voiceless-pod1 This podcast discusses the many missing and murdered Indigenous people and their families. Though this is a very hard and heartbreaking subject, it is their truth. Host: Tamera Tom, an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation.

]]> RSS.com 2026.428.112250 Mon, 11 May 2026 02:37:49 GMT en 0c2bd7e0-2919-5d77-a83d-c310e869b93a https://media.rss.com/voices-for-the-voiceless-pod1/podcast_cover_20260511_020508_374b277a1d9918a3962cb883ccfa9a46.png Voices for the Voiceless https://rss.com/podcasts/voices-for-the-voiceless-pod1 no Tamera Tom Elizabeth Hannigan Elizabeth Hannigan true episodic podcast false <![CDATA[Voices for the Voiceless]]> Cissy Strong's story of her sister Rosenda Strong

We would like to thank all of our listeners and would appreciate it if you shared this

podcast with everyone you know.have a great life and remember we are the voices for

the voiceless

Again thank you to our very special guest cissy strong for being able to share her sisters

story with us today. I cant express how thankful I am to be able to be a part of getting Rosendas story heard!

If there are any families that would like to tell their loved ones story please message me at tomt@heritage.edu or call me at (509)268-7660

Resources

Giordano, V. (2025). Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Missing & Murdered

Indigenous People.

https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2551&context=student_sc

holarship

Hill, M., Anderson, M. B., & King, I. (2022). Human trafficking as a racialized economy

and the exploitation of indigenous socio-spatial (im)mobility in North America.

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 4.

Humphrey, LaDonna, The Silence Gap Media Coverage Disparities, Investigative

Barriers, and Ethical Reporting Standards in Cases of Missing and Murdered

Indigenous Women (February 02, 2026). A

Jackson, G. (2024, May 3). The Silent and Often Invisible Crisis of Missing and

Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls - No More Stolen Sisters. National

Partnership for Women & Families.

invisible-crisis-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls/

Ray, Amanda.(2019). The vanished: list of those missing murdered on and near

Yakama

Reservation.https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/topics/the_vanished/the

vanished-list-of-those-missing-murdered-on-and-near-Yakama-

reservation/article_d637a8ec-1ed5-5523-83ab-b7375d3bd4a9.html

Richardson,M. (2023).The awareness of missing and murdered indigenous women and

girls (MMIWG); policy steps toward addressing the crisis..

Here are some resources for families affected by this crisis

NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System)

Toll free phone: 833-872-5176

MMIP cold case unit (Attorney Generals Office)

24/7 toll free phone: 844-770-7900. Email: crjmmipw@atg.wa.gov

Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit

Hotline: 800-543-5678. Email: mupu@wsp.wa.gov

Yakama Nation Police

Phone: (509)865-2933

Women spirit coalition (supports supports native domestic and sexual

violence in Washington )

Phone: (360)681-3701

You can download a digital version of a missing and murdered toolkit at :

Atg.wa.gov

It’s very easy just follow the prompts when the page opens

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