The Gitchigumi Scouts is a small group Indigenous people organized around searching for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives in the Twin Ports/Fond Du Lac Reservation area.
They help families find their missing relatives by any means necessary, including but not limited to organizing foot searches and handing out flyers.
In addition they help take care of their community by distributing warm clothes and harm reduction kits with naloxone and clean needles for people struggling with houselessness and addictions. They've held anti-sex trafficking community patrols, deconstructing toxic masculinity men’s circles, trauma and healing workshops for indigenous people, and raised awareness on the intersectionality of resource extraction and missing and murdered indigenous women and relatives.
The violence against indigenous women is a reflection of the violence inflicted on our mother earth. Nagaajiwanaang (where the water stops) is facing the threat of Enbridge's Line 3 tars sands pipeline. To protect the people of the land is to protect the land and water, and the other way around.
Help provide critical support for the work the Gitchigumi Scouts are doing. The fundraising goal is $5,000, and 100% of your donation goes directly to Gitchigumi Scouts.
