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Thousands of cases of missing and murdered Native Americans remain unsolved. A scarcity of reliable data is only part of the problem, a tribal justice scholar explains.

‘Everyone deserves to feel safe’: Biden administration focuses on MMIW crisis Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Indianz.Com WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is taking additional steps to address the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives in hopes of putting the focus back on survivors, families and tribal nations. During a media call on Tuesday afternoon, Secretary Deb Haaland stressed the importance of elevating the voices of those that often go unheard. She...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced April 2 the formation of a Missing & Murdered Unit within the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services to provide leadership and direction for cross-departmental and interagency work involving missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. According to the BIA, the MMU will help put the full weight of the federal government into investigating these cases and marshal law enforcement resou...

Interior Department Ramps Up Efforts to Address Missing, Murdered Native Americans Posted By PowWow Articles April 4th, 2021 Last Updated on: April 5th, 2021 shares Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the formation of a new Missing and Murdered Unit (MMU) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services (BIA-OJS). The unit will investigate missing and murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives.  About 84 percent of Native women experience violence in their lifetimes...

Deb Haaland creates unit to investigate killings and disappearances of Indigenous people CNN 1 hr ago By Nicole Chavez, CNN © Leigh Vogel/Pool/AFP/Getty Images/FILE Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said efforts to investigate missing or killed Indigenous people will be "all hands-on deck." Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a new unit within Bureau of Indian Affairs that plans to tackle the decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans. "Violence against ...

On the Town: See works honoring contemporary female warriors By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record January 19, 2021 Lillie-Beth Brinkman Last week, I was finally able to attend a meet-and-greet with artists dg smalling and Nicole Moan for their striking joint exhibit of his paintings and her mixed-media corsets at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. The exhibit ends Thursday, but if you have a chance before then, drop by and see their colorful works exploring contempora...