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MMIW 218 March Feb 14 2025
Organizers and attendees gather for the 9th annual MMIW event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025.
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Dozens of people brave single-digit temperatures during the procession from the Northwest Indian Community Development Center to the Beaux Arts Ballroom on the BSU campus during the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Many attendees made and carried signs during the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs and Community Service Deputy Zachary Ruport join the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Around 100 people attended the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. Attendees wore red, with many painting a symbolic red handprint over their faces. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Audrianna Goodwin speaks at the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Theresa Jourdain, mother of Jeremy Jourdain, speaks at the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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LaKaylee Kingbird, sister of Nevaeh Kingbird, speaks during the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Families of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives receive greetings as part of a healing ceremony during the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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