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One of the proposed bills, Senate Bill 12, would create an office for missing indigenous people in New Mexico.

News Release State of New Mexico Indian Affairs Department On January 14, a bill to establish an annual event to support New Mexicans with missing relatives has

News Release 24th Navajo Nation Council Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty of the 24th Navajo Nation Council joined New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan

Author: Cecelia Barber Finona. (Photo courtesy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA Facebook) FARMINGTON, N.M. — The body of a Navajo woman missing for two years has been found in Nevada, and her boyfriend is facing murder charges. Authorities in Farmington, New Mexico, say the body was found in Clark County, Nevada, in February. DNA test results this week showed the remains belonged to Cecelia Finona, who was 59 when she was last seen at her Farmington home the evening of May 30, 201...

Colorlines Q&A: Where is the Data on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women? Investigative journalist, Connie Walker, of the Okanese First Nation in Canada, discusses her work, the media’s lack of response and her podcast, Stolen: The Search for Jermain. Photo Credit: Connie Walker, courtesy of Connie Walker; "Stolen" show art, courtesy of Jessie Harte, Elise Harven and Talia Rochmann Nearly 30 years ago, in 1995, 28-year-old Pamela Jean George—a mother of two from the Sakimay First Natio...