Washington State Missing News Today

Julian C. Ankney of the Nez Perce Tribe heard stories since she was a child that Indigenous people go missing at higher rates. The statistics showed Indigenous people go missing

Julian C. Ankney of the Nez Perce Tribe heard stories since she was a child that Indigenous people go missing at higher rates. The statistics showed Indigenous people go missing at a rate 10 times the

WAPATO, Wash. — The FBI is asking the public to help them find 32-year-old Denise Frank, an Indigenous mother-of-three who was reported missing out of Wapato near the end of

UPDATE — The FBI announced that the missing mother-of-three from Wapato has been found.

Credits: This timeline was compiled by Carlos Pelley of Yakima Valley Libraries; Anna King, a correspondent with the Northwest News Network and Northwest Public Broadcasting; and editor Joanna Markell and

Credits: This timeline was compiled by Carlos Pelley of Yakima Valley Libraries; Anna King, a correspondent with the Northwest News Network and Northwest Public Broadcasting; and editor Joanna Markell and

Murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women, according to an Urban Indian Health Institute report.

Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order in March establishing an Arizona Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Task Force. Incomplete data and a lack of collaboration among tribal and governmental entities have blocked addressing the issue.

Ceremony honors nine victims with local ties

SEATTLE — A new Washington law will create a cold case unit focused on investigating unsolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people.