More than 100 students walked out of classes at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Thursday morning. They were calling attention to thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women across the U.S. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports the crowd of students congregated at a nearby park. The walkout was over 60 minutes long to recognize what student leaders said are more than 6,000 known instances of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
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The crowd of Washington High School students congregated Thursday morning at a nearby park to recognize thousands of missing and slain Indigenous women,“No one’s going to care if we go missing,” said Washington High School student Rosalia Szameit, who is Oglala Lakota, as tears welled in her eyes. “It’s unacceptable, and we have to do something.”cases nationwide among American Indians and Alaska Natives, with the victims ranging in age from toddlers to the elderly.
U.S. officials have shared frustration over the unsolved cases, which critics say reflect racial injustice, particularly when compared to the response when a The students who participated in the walkout “left school property to highlight their cause and did so respectfully and without disruption to others,” school district community relations coordinator DeeAnn Konrad said in a statemen, the Argus Leader reported.
“Students, like all people, have constitutional rights to do as they wish as long as no laws are violated,” Konrad added. “Beyond those laws are school policy and attendance expectations. Skipping school for any reason is an unexcused absence.”
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