KNBN NewsCenter1 May 5, 2021 RAPID CITY, S.D. — The goal is to highlight the epidemic of violence against Native American women and children. Local organizations such as the Red Ribbon Skirt Society are using the day to raise awareness. The Red Ribbon Skirt Society provides awareness and education for missing and murdered indigenous woman and children. Not only in the Black Hills, but across the United States. Lily Mendoza, Founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society said “we’re asked to visit in schools, colleges, and community, different events. Just providing awareness speaking to the issue and the crisis and also working with a lot of youth and young women.”