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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHaaland creates unit to "pursue justice" for missing and murdered Native Americans
The Department of Interior on Thursday announced the creation of a new unit within the Bureau of Indian Affairs tasked with supporting investigations into missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Why it matters: Approximately 1,500 American Indian and Alaska Native missing persons cases have been reported to the National Crime Information Center, and about 2,700 cases of murder and nonnegligent homicide offenses have been reported to the federal government, according to the Interior Department.
The number of cases, however, is feared to be much higher, rights groups say.
According to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, Indigenous women in the U.S. face murder rates more than 10 times higher than the national average.
https://www.axios.com/interior-indigenous-murder-missing-persons-unit-b3f84126-660e-4d46-bcf5-e626fa77aa29.html
Why it matters: Approximately 1,500 American Indian and Alaska Native missing persons cases have been reported to the National Crime Information Center, and about 2,700 cases of murder and nonnegligent homicide offenses have been reported to the federal government, according to the Interior Department.
The number of cases, however, is feared to be much higher, rights groups say.
According to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, Indigenous women in the U.S. face murder rates more than 10 times higher than the national average.
https://www.axios.com/interior-indigenous-murder-missing-persons-unit-b3f84126-660e-4d46-bcf5-e626fa77aa29.html
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Haaland creates unit to "pursue justice" for missing and murdered Native Americans (Original Post)
demmiblue
Apr 2021
OP
A very under-reported story...good to see some federal action, finally...nt
Wounded Bear
Apr 2021
#2
Agreed great movie! Now maybe finally we will have a group dedicated to finding and documenting....
usaf-vet
Apr 2021
#7
Great news. We live 70 miles from a port that leads to ocean travel. Since we...
usaf-vet
Apr 2021
#6
Finally! Hopefully something can be done about the rapes that seem to always fall into a loophole
Jay25
Apr 2021
#8
The only thing that might make me happier on this Friday morning would be to read.....
RussellCattle
Apr 2021
#10
secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. It's about time. Good stuff here...
efhmc
(14,721 posts)5. Been talking about this for years. So great something is being done.
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)2. A very under-reported story...good to see some federal action, finally...nt
AZLD4Candidate
(5,639 posts)3. The movie Wind River deals with this issue. I recommend it completely.
It was an amazing Indie movie.
NJCher
(35,616 posts)4. thanks
will definitely check this out.
usaf-vet
(6,161 posts)7. Agreed great movie! Now maybe finally we will have a group dedicated to finding and documenting....
.... missing Native American women.
dlk
(11,509 posts)9. Wind River was a deeply moving film for me
Thanks for the reminder!
wnylib
(21,304 posts)11. I saw this movie a few months ago.
Gruesome, but excellent. I recommend it.
LymphocyteLover
(5,636 posts)12. Yes, excellent movie
usaf-vet
(6,161 posts)6. Great news. We live 70 miles from a port that leads to ocean travel. Since we...
... have lived here we have had dozens of Native American women and others disappear from the port region forever.
There have been some local attempts to investigate these disappearances but I believe with little success.
Jay25
(417 posts)8. Finally! Hopefully something can be done about the rapes that seem to always fall into a loophole
RussellCattle
(1,529 posts)10. The only thing that might make me happier on this Friday morning would be to read.....
.....that she is also creating another unit to look into the malfeasance that has cheated Native-American tribes out of billions in royalties for oil, gas and minerals on tribal land. I'm hoping for that announcement on Monday morning.
LymphocyteLover
(5,636 posts)13. AWESOME!!
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)14. K&R