AUBURN (WA)
USA TODAY High School Sports
June 4, 2019
By Logan Newman
The three gold medals and one silver medal Rosalie Fish won at the Class 1B state meet weren’t just for her.
As she crossed the finish line with a red handprint over her mouth and the letters MMIW – standing for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – in red paint on her leg, Fish wanted to represent the Native American women who couldn’t represent themselves.
The Seattle Times called violence against the group an “epidemic” that’s not being properly reported by police agencies, including when the women are murdered or go missing.
The Muckleshoot Tribal School (Auburn, Washington) runner is part of the Cowlitz Tribe, according to the Seattle Times.
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