Missing and murdered Indigenous women

New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people, a growing trend in the Mountain West region.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is making new efforts to help solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) cases. Now, the federal agency is using forensic technology to help reunite the remains of Native Americans with their families and tribal nations.

Dozens of people gathered at the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reservation for the third annual missing and murdered Indigenous peoples awareness and solidarity walk on Friday.

What issues matter most to Native voters in Nevada? In this month’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada, host Lucia Starbuck spoke to Indigenous community members from several different tribes, traveled to a reservation outside of Reno, and attended a powwow to get their thoughts.

A national center for Native radio and TV broadcasters is leading an effort to establish a national alert code for missing and endangered adults.

Six recommendations have been given to the federal government to better address the crisis of missing, murdered, and trafficked American Indians and Alaska Natives and to reduce those numbers.

Varios eventos recientes conmemoran a mujeres y personas indígenas desaparecidas y asesinadas alrededores de las Praderas de Truckee, entre esos nombres se recuerda a Anna Marie Scott.

Several recent events commemorated missing and murdered Indigenous women and people around the Truckee Meadows. Among those names is Anna Marie Scott.

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