Yahoo

Congressional lawmakers hear testimony on missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis

A panel of women testifying Nov. 20, 2024, to the House Appropriations Committee oversight hearing on Investigating the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women listen as Maulian Bryant (left) ...
Lansing State Journal

Native American women see high rates of violence. Here's how officials are taking it on

LANSING — State and federal officials, and representatives of Michigan Native American tribes on Friday announced a new task force that will take on the longtime problem of violence against Native ...
ABC15 Arizona

After years of funding with little headway, Indigenous women still missing and murdered at alarming rates

Despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the issue, cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates. The extent of the problem is almost certainly ...
Arizona Daily Star

Indigenous women missing, murdered at high rates despite efforts

Cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates, despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the problem. The extent of the issue is almost certainly ...
Las Vegas Sun

UNLV summit amplifies voices of murdered and missing Indigenous women

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. Tucked in a room on the second floor of UNLV’s Student Union was a group of Indigenous community members from across the nation, many dressed in ...
The Olympian

How many missing or murdered indigenous women are there in Idaho? No one knows.

Indigenous women make up 4% of Canada’s female population, yet 16% of all women murdered in Canada between 1980 and 2012 were indigenous, according to a 2014 Royal Canadian Mounted Police report, ...
Idaho State Journal

Opinion: The importance of addressing the ongoing missing and murdered indigenous women crisis

For too long, we have seen countless Indigenous women and girls who have been murdered or gone missing at a disproportional rate. While the issue has received greater attention in recent years, we ...
CNN

Native communities in New Mexico hope new Turquoise Alert System will facilitate the safe return of more missing members

New Mexico this week became the latest state to pass a law aimed at addressing an ongoing national crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people – particularly in unsolved cases involving ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Coalition hosts 'Breaking Cycles of Violence Conference' in advocacy for Native communities

PERSON TO THE DEPARTMENT. WELL, TRIBAL LEADERS AND SURVIVORS GATHERING IN SANDOVAL COUNTY TODAY. THE COALITION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN HOSTED THE EVENT TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO COMBAT ...
Star Tribune

‘Just another Native’: Minneapolis Indigenous women demand emergency response to violence

In a room filled with grief and rage, Indigenous women leaders on Tuesday called on Minneapolis officials to declare a state of emergency, saying the city is failing to protect them from trafficking, ...
Variety

‘Missing From Fire Trail Road’ Review: A Heart-Wrenching Doc About Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women

Filmmaker Sabrina Van Tassel focuses on the disappearance of a young Native American woman in Washington State to illuminate ongoing national tragedies. The plague of Missing and Murdered Indigenous ...
Arizona Daily Star

Indigenous women missing, murdered at high rates despite efforts

But the Arizona-based Navajo Nation alone lists 22 missing women. Some of the cases date to the 1970s. Advocates for women and Native American crime victims attribute the chronic undercounts and ...