Bakery partners with Sacred Pipe Resource Center to raise MMIP awareness
Doughnuts featuring an icing red handprint will be given away during UTTC powwow
The Bearscat Bakehouse and Sacred Pipe Resource Center are distributing for free 200 jelly-filled doughnuts featuring a red icing handprint Sept. 5-6 on a first come first serve basis at the bakery’s South Bismarck location, 601 S. Second St.
The bakery and Sacred Pipe partnered for the third year in a row to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous people during the UTTC International Powwow, which draws a crowd.
“The symbol represents the silencing of the voices of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls,” Sacred Pipe Resource Center posted on Facebook. “The symbol calls for the end of violence against Native women/girls/people and for more attention to the high rates of disappearance of Indigenous people.”
Joint CAP: Bearscat Bakehouse’s Micah Tiger holds an MMIP-inspired doughnut at the bakery, 601 S. Second Street, Bismarck, North Dakota, Sept. 5, 2025. The bakery is handing out the doughnuts for free on a first-come basis to raise awareness about the MMIP crisis. (Buffalo’s Fire/Jolan Kruse)
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