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Vigils, rallies mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press May 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17Family members of missing and murdered indigenous women in Montana gather in front of the state Capitol in Helena, Mont., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. They received colorful shawls in a traditional Native American ceremony called "wiping away of tears." From Washington to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates gathered Wednesday as part of a call to action to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some shared agonizing stories of frustration and loss. Others performed ceremonies and said prayers. All called for action.

Iris SamuelsAssociated Press/Report for America BABB, Mont. — On a cloudy spring day, hundreds lined up in their cars on the Canadian side of the border

Iris Samuels In this Thursday, April 29, 2021, photo, Canadians drive-in at the Piegan-Carway border to receive a COVID-19 from the Blackfeet tribe near Babb, Mont. The Chief Mountain, sacred to the Blackfeet tribe towers, are seen in the background. The Blackfeet tribe gave out surplus vaccines to its First Nations relatives and others from across the border. Image Credit: (AP Photo/Iris Samuels) May 05, 2021 - 8:00 PM BABB, Mont. - On a cloudy spring day, hundreds lined up in their cars on the Canadian side of the border crossing that separates Alberta and Monta...

Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca In this image provided by the Navajo Nation Office of the Speaker, Dottie Lizer, the wife of Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer, addresses a crowd gathered, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Window Rock, Ariz., during an event to commemorate a day of awareness for the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and children. (Byron C. Shorty, Navajo Nation Office of the Speaker via AP) May 06, 2021 - 1:16 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Some shared agonizing stories of frustration and loss. Others prayed and performed ceremonies. All c...