Let's come together this May to honor and remember the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP). Their stories deserve to be heard, their memories kept alive. 💔 #MMIPAwarenessMonth pic.twitter.com/9FfQrBZXRv
— Urban Restoration Counseling Center (@URCCSanDiego) May 6, 2024
Red Dress Day was last week, but I figure better late than never to highlight this important issue…
The crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples has impacted every Indigenous person I know. I'm deeply proud of our efforts across the Biden-Harris administration to help address this violence. At @Interior, we're making historic strides toward tackling this painful legacy.
— Secretary Deb Haaland (@SecDebHaaland) May 5, 2024
As US spotlights those missing or dead in Native communities, prosecutors work to solve their cases https://t.co/s4GWNBsmCj
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 5, 2024
… As people gathered around the nation on Sunday to spotlight the troubling number of disappearances and killings in Indian Country, authorities say the New Mexico case represents the kind of work the U.S. Department of Justice had aspired to when establishing its Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons outreach program last summer.
Special teams of assistant U.S. attorneys and coordinators have been tasked with focusing on MMIP cases. Their goal: Improve communication and coordination across federal, tribal, state and local jurisdictions in hopes of bridging the gaps that have made solving violent crimes in Indian Country a generational challenge.
Some of the new federal prosecutors were participating in MMIP Awareness Day events. From the Arizona state capitol to a cultural center in Albuquerque and the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina, marches, symposiums, art exhibitions and candlelight vigils were planned for May 5, which is the birthday of Hanna Harris, who was only 21 when she was killed on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana in 2013…
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