The annual march to commemorate and bring awareness to Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) takes place on Saturday Feb. 14, 2026; beginning with a program at 11:00 a.m. at the Minneapolis American Indian Center in South Minneapolis.
The march is part of a larger effort to bring awareness to the higher rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, men, boys, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQI+ relatives. The event is an opportunity to highlight and honor relatives and families impacted by the epidemic. A program with a variety of community speakers takes place at the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) at 11:00 a.m., followed by a 1-mile march through the Phillips neighborhood, with soup served at MAIC after the walk.
The 2026 MMIR March is a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC), the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC), the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC), the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI), the Minnesota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Office, Gatherings Cafe, Minneapolis Public Schools American Indian Education, the Indigenous Protectors Movement, the TRADISH Project (a MAIC program), the Culture Language Arts Network (a MAIC program), Indigenous Women’s Life Net (a MAIC Program), the Many Shields Society, Mending the Sacred Hoop, Make Voting a Tradition (a NACDI program), and the American Indian Movement (AIM).
“For over a decade, thousands of people have gathered on February 14th to bring awareness to the high rates of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives,” said MIWSAC Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Matthews. “This year’s march comes at a very troubling time that has threatened the safety and wellbeing of our communities. It is also a time of incredible resistance and collective action in our city and our state. We must hold onto that collective action and resistance, beyond this moment in time, because all of our relatives deserve to be safe. Our prayers and medicines, our collective actions of solidarity, offer protection at a time when it is needed most. We march to honor the families that have been impacted, to increase visibility of MMIR, and to call on legislators and policy makers to be accountable to our communities.”
“In this moment we are showing the world the strength of community solidarity. We stand together, united in the knowledge that every member of our community matters, including those who are missing or those who have been taken from their families,” said Ana Negrete, community planner for the state’s MMIR Office. “On this day we honor the names of those whose absence is felt every day, whose names we carry in our hearts. They are not statistics, they are our relatives and their stories will not be forgotten.”
To learn more about the 2026 MMIR March, visit: https://miwsac.co/2026MMIRmarch