Across the United States, thousands of Indigenous women and girls have been reported missing or murdered. On some reservations, this population faces a murder rate 10 times higher than the national average, with 84% of Native American and Alaska Native women approximately 1.5 million women experiencing some form of violence during their lifetime. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, murder is the third leading cause of death among Native women between the ages of 15 and 24.
There hasn’t been enough reported data on the missing women and girls, making it difficult to investigate such cases, says Shaandiin Parrish, Miss Navajo Nation since September 2019. The reports that do exist don’t adequately represent the extent of the missing and murdered population. Some databases like the one run by the Indigenous-led research group Sovereign Bodies Institute have documented around 2,300 missing and murdered individuals. Another study by the Urban Indian He
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Crowning blow: Pageants hit by lockdowns
Winners hold onto their crowns a bit longer these days until competitions can be held again in person
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Apr 12, 2021
Miss Indian World Cheyenne Eete Kippenberger reigned an extra year after the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic shut down many of the pageants. She won in 2019 and is set to step down on April 24, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Miss Indian World)
Winners hold onto their crowns a bit longer these days until competitions can be held again in person
Sandra Hale Schulman
Cheyenne Eete Kippenberger took the responsibilities of Miss Indian World in stride.
The title took her around the world as an ambassador, visiting New Zealand, Alaska and tribal lands across the United States. She met dignitaries and movie stars, rock stars and politicians, but not Deb Haaland just yet.
FARMINGTON Modifying the eligibility criteria for Miss Navajo Nation and revising the supporting role of the program s office is the focus of a virtual public hearing this week.
Speaker Seth Damon is sponsoring a bill to amend the program and proposes to eliminate its mission statement and update the program supervisor s responsibilities.
It also seeks to revise candidacy requirements, including contenders being able to demonstrate fluency in speaking Navajo and English and be a female, have always been a female, and biological born a female.
The last time the plan of operation was amended was in 2000, according to the bill.
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CHINLE, Ariz. – Shortly after noon on Tuesday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Miss Navajo Nation and top hospital officials gathered outside the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Arizona.
After nine months of battling the scourge of COVID-19, they were eager to catch a glimpse of the much-anticipated vaccine.
Then, a UPS truck pulled up – it had arrived.
A delivery driver unloaded the knee-high box and it was carried into the facility as health care workers gathered around to watch. Staff worked fast – the vials sticking to their rubber gloves – to transfer the vials from dry ice to a freezer designed to keep the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at ultra-low temperatures. Some doses were separated out to be sent on to other facilities.
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