Kalispel Tribe honors Murdered and Missing Indigenous Peoples' National Day of Awareness

Past the Northern Quest Casino's crowded casino floor of game intro songs and bright neon lights, a quiet crowd of about 80 people listened in on the Kalispel Tribes' Frog Island Singers perform a somber ceremonial drum song.

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Thu., May 5, 2022

Red dresses symbolizing missing and murdered Indigenous women hang from the ceiling during a ceremony to bring awareness to the 60 Indigenous women missing in Washington State on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Red dresses symbolizing missing and murdered Indigenous women hang from the ceiling during a ceremony to bring awareness to the Indigenous women and girls missing in Washington state on Thursday at Northern Quest Resort & Casino in Airway Heights.

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Shirley Blackbear, a Kalispel Tribal Elder is framed by red dresses symbolizing missing and murdered Indigenous women which hang from the ceiling during a ceremony to bring awareness to the 60 Indigenous women missing in Washington State on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Airway Heights, Wash.

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A display listing the names of 60 missing Indigenous women missing in Washington State is displayed on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Airway Heights, Wash.

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