Posts Tagged ‘missing and murdered indigenous women’
Navajo Nation First Lady on MMIW
February 5, 2021 – New Mexico’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force recently released a report outlining its findings and recommendations to the governor and Legislature. The task force was created in 2019 by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The 64-page report shows a need for data collection, resources, improved reporting of cases,…
Read MoreIdentifying Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
December 18, 2020 – Nearly 6,000 Indigenous women and girls are reported missing or murdered each year in the United States. The bodies of many are never identified. This is due in part to an outdated database used by forensic professionals. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland talks to UNM professor Heather Edgar, who has been working with…
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