Not Our Native Daughters
A National MMIW Organization
Our mission at Not Our Native Daughters is to empower Indigenous communities through education, advocacy, and support, addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, promoting environmental justice, and fostering youth leadership. We are dedicated to raising awareness, influencing policy, and providing technical assistance to combat human trafficking and protect our people. By preserving our heritage, fostering unity, and building capacity through partnerships with those committed to expanding diversity and Indigenous inclusion, we strive to create pathways to a brighter, more equitable future for all Indigenous People.
Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
Mark your calendars! Join us on November 21, 2024, at 12 PM MST / 2 PM EST for our #EqualityForNativeWomen Social Media Storm, and on December 5, 2024, at 12 PM MST for the Pay Equity is Power: Advocating for Native Women’s Economic Justice Webinar.
This November, during Native American Heritage Month, we honor the legacy, resilience, and ongoing contributions of Native communities across the country. But honoring our heritage goes beyond acknowledgment—it means taking meaningful action to support the Native-led nonprofits that drive real change in Indigenous communities. Native-led organizations are often the least funded in the nonprofit sector, despite bearing the responsibility of addressing profound social injustices. Our work at NOND is rooted in healing, reclamation, and the fight for true equity and inclusion.
Starting Not Our Native Daughters was a leap of faith, built on prayers, fasting, personal funds, compassion, and a journey through brokenness. Through trauma-informed healing approaches, this nonprofit emerged with a deep commitment to justice for all people—especially Indigenous women who have borne unimaginable pain. Our name, Not Our Native Daughters, honors the resilience of our Native women who face the highest rates of stalking, sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder, forming the core of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis.
We carry our ancestors’ voices forward, honoring them by ensuring the next generation knows their strength and culture. Join us in this mission to bring healing, justice, and empowerment to our Native daughters and youth. If you donated $50 or more during Native American Heritage Month in November, you’re eligible for one of our special edition stickers. For donations of $100 or more, you can select up to four stickers. Please fill out the details below, and we’ll send your stickers as a token of our gratitude for supporting Indigenous justice, healing, and youth empowerment.
2024 Not Our Native Daughters Celebrates 10 years of Advocating
NOND extends heartfelt gratitude to all our collective partners who have journeyed with us over the past decade. From tribal nations and leaders to nonprofits and allies, your collaboration has been instrumental in our advocacy efforts. We firmly believe in the power of partnership to build community well-being, not only for Native communities but for all our urban, rural, and tribal counterparts. By expanding capacity, fostering connections, and occupying spaces historically lacking Native American subject matter experts, we strive to create a more inclusive and equitable society.
As we proudly celebrate a decade of advocating for Indigenous issues, with a focus on addressing the urgent matters of MMIW and human trafficking affecting Indigenous communities, we invite you to join us in our mission. Your support as a monthly donor is essential in sustaining our journey of healing, restorative justice, capacity building, and transformative change. Together with our partners, we are committed to driving positive impact and creating lasting change for Indigenous peoples across the nation.
Become a Monthly Donor! Not Our Native Daughters! In 2024, we proudly celebrate a decade of advocating for Indigenous issues, focusing on the urgent matters of MMIW and human trafficking affecting Indigenous communities. As a grassroots nonprofit, your monthly donation is crucial in sustaining our journey of healing, restorative justice, capacity building, and transformative change in collaboration with our partners.
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, DEMAND THEIR JUSTICE—MMIWR
Join us as a monthly donor at Not Our Native Daughters! For a decade, we've passionately advocated for Indigenous issues, particularly Missing, Murdered, and Indigenous People, Human Trafficking in Indian Country, and overall women and children's protection. Your consistent monthly contribution allows us to plan and advocate for systemic change on various levels. Sustaining our efforts for healing, restorative justice, and transformative change in partnership with both tribal and urban communities, your ongoing support as a grassroots nonprofit is invaluable. With your help, we can execute long-term projects, provide ongoing support to affected families, and expand our reach towards native-led solutions.
Not Our Native Daughters (NOND) was created for the education and awareness of the missing, exploited, murdered Indigenous Women & Children. May we continue to honor all victims, by continuing to stand for them! Fight with us!
NOND on President’s Biden Apology to Native Americans
"I never went into boarding school, but I have suffered the passed-down trauma, the associated trauma that has stemmed from the boarding school era," Lynnette Grey Bull of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming told Scripps News. Grey Bull's father, Myron, her aunt and several other family members were among those forcibly taken from their homes during that period.
"My father, my grandparents and my ancestors before them have passed away, they have journeyed on, but during their lifetime they were never able to say, 'I suffered a traumatic event such as the boarding school,'" she added. "It was never acknowledged, not only for themselves, but from the US government."
Dateline NBC special The Secrets of Spirit Lake
NOND founder, Lynnette Grey Bull, featured in Dateline NBC special The Secrets of Spirit Lake focused on the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Premieres Friday, August 27, 2021 (10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT).
Lynnette Grey Bull | Credit: Dateline NBC
Native American women are stalked, raped, murdered, sexually assaulted, abused and suffer domestic violence at a rate 50 times the national average. Your donation to NOND can help us end these atrocities.