/tags/missing-indigenous-women Missing Indigenous Women en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 05 May 2023 21:50:13 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-05/day-highlights-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people President Joe Biden signed a proclamation marking May 5th, 2023 as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. It highlights the injustice and violence that are disproportionately high among Indigenous women and others. Fri, 05 May 2023 21:50:13 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-05/day-highlights-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2022-07-18/intergovernmental-working-group-meets-to-address-violence-against-indigenous-women Delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. came together in Washington, D.C., to discuss the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:00:58 GMT /regional-news/2022-07-18/intergovernmental-working-group-meets-to-address-violence-against-indigenous-women Emma Gibson /news/2021-11-16/biden-orders-new-strategy-in-responding-to-mmiw-crisis On the first day of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to create a comprehensive strategy for federal law enforcement’s efforts to prevent and respond to violence against Native Americans. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:43:28 GMT /news/2021-11-16/biden-orders-new-strategy-in-responding-to-mmiw-crisis Nate Hegyi /news/2021-11-04/gao-tells-feds-to-improve-its-response-to-the-crisis-of-violence-against-indigenous-women Last year, Congress passed two laws addressing the crisis of violence against Indigenous women. But a new report by the Government Accountability Office finds that federal agencies have failed to meet the laws' requirements. Thu, 04 Nov 2021 22:45:12 GMT /news/2021-11-04/gao-tells-feds-to-improve-its-response-to-the-crisis-of-violence-against-indigenous-women Nate Hegyi /news/2021-04-08/step-towards-justice-in-indian-country-haaland-launches-missing-and-murdered-unit Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has created a new unit to confront the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, reflecting the first Native American Cabinet secretary's prioritization of the issue in leading an agency that once sought to "civilize or exterminate" Native people. Thu, 08 Apr 2021 17:48:40 GMT /news/2021-04-08/step-towards-justice-in-indian-country-haaland-launches-missing-and-murdered-unit Nate Hegyi /2019-10-16/in-montana-a-mmiw-task-force-and-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-collide Tribal representatives in Montana are leaving the state’s new Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force in protest of Attorney General Tim Fox’s support of... Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:10:30 GMT /2019-10-16/in-montana-a-mmiw-task-force-and-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-collide Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /2019-09-11/some-progress-continued-challenges-tracking-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women Federal agencies are trying to tackle the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women after years of extremely limited record-keeping and... Wed, 11 Sep 2019 23:34:31 GMT /2019-09-11/some-progress-continued-challenges-tracking-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /2019-07-01/navajo-activists-seek-solutions-for-tracking-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women Navajo Nation officials are working to increase efforts to track the number of tribal members who are missing and murdered, as federal legislation to... Mon, 01 Jul 2019 23:10:03 GMT /2019-07-01/navajo-activists-seek-solutions-for-tracking-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women Kate Groetzinger /2019-01-29/us-senators-reintroduce-bill-focusing-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women Landmark legislation that would address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate on Monday. Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:21:40 GMT /2019-01-29/us-senators-reintroduce-bill-focusing-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi