Alaska Missing News Today

Credit Kelsey Ciugun Wallace Wednesday, May 5 is the day set aside to remember the Indigenous women who are missing or have been murdered. According to data gathered by Data for Indigenous Justice, Native women end up missing and murdered in disproportionate numbers. Kelsey Ciugun Wallace, with Native People’s Action, says that this is the first baseline report on the number of murdered and missing indigenous women, and can be found here.  “There is a total of 229 murdered and missing In...

Topic:Update on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women   Join us on February 25, 2021 for a Native Issues Forum to hear a report on what is being done on the federal, state and tribal levels to address the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women crisis in Alaska.   Guest speakers include Representative Tiffany Zulkosky, Data for Indigenous Justice Co-Founders Abigail Echo-Hawk and Charlene Apok, District of Alaska Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinator Ingrid Cumberlidge, and U.S Attorney...

Effort to reshape response to reports of missing and murdered Indigenous people underway in 3 Alaska communities Print article Three rural Alaska communities are involved in a new pilot program intended to create culturally sensitive protocols on how different government and law enforcement agencies respond to reports of missing or murdered Indigenous people. The project was launched in recent weeks with Curyung Tribal Council of Dillingham, the Native Village of Unalakleet and Koyukuk Nati...