Bloody hand on the mouth. Indigenous actor D’Pharaoh Wun-A-Tai’s strong gesture at the Emmy Awards

He certainly wore a very classic black suit. But it’s really a bloody handprint on Native actor D’Pharaoh Wun-A-Tai’s mouth that left its mark at the Emmy Awards on September 15 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. An initiative with strong symbolism. The hero’s makeup Reservation dogsnominated for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, really fit the bill of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement, explains. USA Today . A trend that highlights the regular abduction and murder of indigenous women and girls in the United States and Canada.

Pressure and subjugation

Wearing a red hand over the mouth means that the Native American pays respect to “all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard,” as explained on the Native Hope website. “It highlights the silence of the media and the police while this crisis boils over,” the association continued. She symbolizes the oppression and subjugation of indigenous women who are now standing up to say #NeverMoreAbductedSisters.” USA Today It then cites a 2016 study by the National Institute of Justice, which found that four out of five Alaska Native and American women have experienced violence in their lifetime.

More than half of them were also subjected to sexual violence. The struggle for indigenous rights is close to the heart of d’Pharaoh Wun-A-Tai, who recently declared in a magazine column: He’s in the US “I think there will come a time when we no longer need someone to tell our story for us. If you want to make a film about indigenous people, it should be mandatory, in my opinion, to hire an indigenous director, writer and casting director.” A message that may not have been lost on Lily Gladstone, the first Native American to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance. The Flower Moon Assassins (2023).