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The approval by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham opens state resources to address the crisis of missing Indigenous women and relatives.

The approval by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham opens state resources to address the crisis of missing Indigenous women and relatives.

The bill proposes holding the annual event to help connect families of missing persons with federal, state, local and tribal agencies and resources.

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

New Mexico state legislators filed bills to help address the crisis of MMIW and missing person cases involving Native Americans.

New DA subunit will provide more scrutiny of missing, murdered Indigenous women

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...

FARMINGTON — A state task force charged with examining the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives is expanding its membership and seeking nominations from New Mexicans for people to serve. A press release from the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department states that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order this month that increased membership on New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force. "We want to invite you to nominate repr...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... People gather at a memorial in May 2016 in Shiprock for Ashlynne Mike, 11, who was kidnapped and killed by a stranger who sexually assaulted her and struck her twice in the head with a crowbar. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal More law enforcement should ...