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MMIW Crisis Gets National Attention

May 7, 2021
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May 7, 2021 – The movement on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has broadened to include transgender and other Indigenous relatives. In recent years, with the help of trusted members of Native communities, leaders, and even celebrities, focus on cases and calls for justice has stayed before the eyes of the public and…

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MMIW Crisis Elevated, Key CD1 Candidates

May 6, 2021
A demonstrator wearing a beanie depicting four feathers, and a red handprint covering their mouth.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales talks with two local advocates about the national attention given to the missing and murdered indigenous women crisis. President Biden declared Thursday, May 6, to be Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Awareness Day. His new interior secretary, former New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland, is a member of the Laguna Pueblo…

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