Shiprock recognizes MMIW day in awareness walk

Participants in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial Honor Walk proceed on May 5 on U.S. Highway 64 in Shiprock.

Participants carried signs with messages about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women during the May 5 walk in Shiprock.

A red handprint indicating solidarity with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is shown on Christelle Tsosie's face during the MMIW Memorial Honor Walk on May 5 in Shiprock.

The acronym for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives flies on a balloon during the MMIW Memorial Honor Walk on May 5 in Shiprock.

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial Honor Walk proceeds on May 5 on U.S. Highway 64 in Shiprock.

Participants carried flags for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and for the American Indian Movement during the MMIW memorial honor walk on May 5 in Shiprock.

Lorita Jim-Sneak participated in the walk to raise awareness about missing persons on May 5 in Shiprock.

Participants walk along U.S. Highway 64 during the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial Honor Walk on May 5 in Shiprock.

Lester Johnson Sr. participates in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial Honor Walk on May 5 in Shiprock.

Signs remember Tasha Lewis, a 29-year-old Navajo woman who died on March 31 in Thoreau, and remembered by family members at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women walk on May 5 in Shiprock. Family members question the circumstances of her death and the investigation by law enforcement.