{"id":18834,"date":"2020-12-18T11:58:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=18834"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:48:32","slug":"identifying-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/identifying-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Identifying Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | In Focus\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWqhJvRUTZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 18<\/strong><strong>, 2020 <\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong> Nearly 6,000 Indigenous women and girls are reported missing or murdered each year in the United States. 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