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D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai arrives at the Emmys with powerful statement honoring missing Indigenous women

"Reservation Dogs" actor D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai makes a powerful statement about missing Native American women at the 2024 Emmys red carpet.

The red hand over the mouth stands for "all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard," reads the website for the organization . According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a 2016 study by the National Institute of Justice found that more than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime, including 56.1 percent who have experienced sexual violence. Woon-A-Tai, who identifies as Oji-Cree First Nations and Guyanese, was nominated for his first Emmy at Sunday night's awards show for playing Bear Smallhill in the FX on Hulu comedy-drama about Native American youth who live on an Oklahoma reservation.

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