Thread by @tiffffay

My name is Tiffany. I’m Indigenous/Native American makeup artist from the Navajo Nation tribe. I am from Kayenta, a small town on the Navajo reservation. I’m a full time mom trying to gain more recognition + representation in the beauty community for all my INDIGENOUS MUAS ❤️

NO MORE STOLEN SISTERS!
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic is an every day issue that currently affects Indigenous people in Canada and the United States. In the United States, Indigenous women are more likely to be sexually assaulted, stalked, experience...

violence, and murdered than any other race. Indigenous women are far more likely than any other race to go missing and murdered. We are constant targets for hatred and violence. In Canada, Indigenous women are murdered at a rate 7x higher than non-Indigenous women.

In the United States, 84% of Indigenous women have experienced sexual or physical violence in their lifetimes. The red hand over my mouth represents the inability of many victims to speak for themselves. Indigenous women live in a world where we have to constantly look over our

shoulders and live in fear hoping we are not the next victim, or someone we know. This crisis is happening right in front of us, but nobody wants to share the harsh realities of Indigenous women and help protect us. Authorities don’t value our lives, because they don’t come

looking for us when we are missing or want to help us get justice for those who were murdered. This not only is a flaw in the justice system, this is stripping away all human rights to an indigenous woman. This crisis affects me personally, because I have witnessed and

experienced the pain of this growing epidemic. I was sexually assaulted when I was younger, and being a part of the statistics, it’s very traumatizing and heartbreaking. It is a horrific world that indigenous women live in, and it makes me much more scared for my daughter.

This is the reality as an Indigenous women. Our lives have value just as much as any other race, but why is it us that are constantly preyed on, attacked, taken from our families, and murdered? We are important and our lives are valuable. #mmiw #missingandmurderedindigenouswomen

In no way am I glorifying MMIW or even doing this look to become viral or for a “trendy” makeup look. Why would I glorify what has happened to me when I was a child? I was sexually assaulted as a young child by family members, so I hold this look close to my heart.

I am using the platform, as an Indigenous woman, to share my message about the harsh realities of being an indigenous woman in the world we live in today. I want to spread the knowledge about it and the truth. My intention wasn’t to go viral, but to raise awareness around MMIW

This topic is something that is close to my heart and who I am as a person. I have witnessed/experienced/felt the pain from MMIW and victims all around the Navajo reservation and other indigenous communities. I experience pain myself from my traumatic experiences.