What’s the plan? Broadening the MMIWG2 conversation in North America

ABSTRACT Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit are at high risk of victimisation in North America. Although this experience exists across geopolitical boundaries, Canada and the United States have very different responses to this reality. This article identifies the varying efforts by each country to address missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2). It reveals that, while both still have much work to do, the United States is far behind Canada in investigating the situation. The article concludes with two suggestions: first, academics should work with other relevant parties to better understand the MMIWG2 situation in the United States and, second, that both countries would be strengthened from an exchange in information and collaboration. MMIWG2 are not confined by national borders and neither should be academic efforts and solutions.