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Efforts to address missing, killed Indigenous women falter in Oregon despite new law

Efforts to address missing, killed Indigenous women falter in Oregon despite new law Updated May 05, 2021; Posted May 05, 2021 Mildred Quaempts and Merle Kirk hold a portrait of Mavis Kirk-Greeley, who died in 2009 after a driver allegedly deliberately hit her with his vehicle on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Kirk-Greeley is Quaempts’ daughter and Kirk’s sister. Kathy Aney/Underscore Facebook Share Two years ago, Merle Kirk asked Oregon legislators for help. During a House committee hearing in February 2019, she told the story of the women in her family who have disappeared or were murdered over the last 60 years. Kirk told lawmakers that her sister, Mavis Kirk-Greeley, died in 2009 after she was deliberately hit by a vehicle on the Warm Springs Reservation. The driver was never convicted of a crime. For Kirk, her sister’s death echoed the 1957 murder of her grandmother, Mavis Josephine McKay, on the Yakama Indian Reservation and adds more grief to the loss of y

Report on murdered, missing Indigenous women is done What s next?

Two years ago, Merle Kirk asked Oregon legislators for help. During a House committee hearing in February 2019, she told the story of the women in her family who have disappeared or were murdered over the last 60 years.  Kirk told lawmakers that her sister, Mavis Kirk-Greeley, died in 2009 when her boyfriend deliberately hit her with his vehicle on the Warm Springs Reservation. He was never convicted of a crime. For Kirk, her sister’s death echoed the 1957 murder of her grandmother, Mavis Josephine McKay, on the Yakama Indian Reservation and adds more grief to the loss of yet another relative. “My first cousin, Lisa Pearl Briseno, she’s been missing since 1997,” Kirk, who’s of Wasco, Warm Springs, Dine and Yakama heritage, said in a recent interview. “That affects our whole family. I was raised with her, she stayed with my dad and mom until she graduated. And so, she’s like my sister. In Native ways, all our cousins are brother and sister.”

Following Oregon investigation into murdered, missing Indigenous women, next steps unclear

Following Oregon investigation into murdered, missing Indigenous women, next steps unclear Brian Bull © Kathy Aney/Underscore Mildred Quaempts and Merle Kirk hold a portrait of Mavis Kirk-Greeley, who died in 2009 when her boyfriend deliberately hit her with his vehicle on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Kirk-Greeley is Quaempts daughter and Kirk s sister. This story originally appeared on Underscore.news. Two years ago, Merle Kirk asked Oregon legislators for help. During a House committee hearing in February 2019, she told the story of the women in her family who have disappeared or were murdered over the last 60 years.  Kirk told lawmakers that her sister, Mavis Kirk-Greeley, died in 2009 when her boyfriend deliberately hit her with his vehicle on the Warm Springs Reservation. He was never convicted of a crime. For Kirk, her sister’s death echoed the 1957 murder of her grandmother, Mavis Josephine McKay, on the Yakama Indian Reservation and adds

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