‘People are angry’: US families feel let down by Indigenous missing unit
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ missing and murdered unit was launched by Deb Haaland a year ago to tackle an epidemic of violence against Native people. But initial results have disappointed
‘This alert is her scream’: new system would help locate missing Indigenous women
The 14-year-old had just learned some of the troubling details of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and was concerned that her mother, who is Alaska Native and tended to travel alone, might one day not make it home
My Sister, 23, Was Taken Out Into the Snow and Left to Die. It Was Never Properly Investigated
Danielle Ewenin believes her big sister was driven by law enforcement to the middle of nowhere and abandoned in sub-zero conditions.
A Woman’s Quest to Solve Her Grandma’s 40-Year-Old Motel Murder
Agnes Tybo was strangled to death inside an Albuquerque motel room in 1983. Now, her granddaughter is determined to crack the horrific crime that upended the family.
‘They just didn’t care’: families of missing Native women call out indifferent police
Monica Fast Horse texted her 26-year-old daughter on a Thursday evening in August to ask when she would be home. It wasn’t fear that drove her to it, it was simply what they always did: they checked in with each other.
Families of missing and murdered Native women ask: ‘Where’s the attention for ours?’
Gabby Petito’s case highlights the power of media attention but for Indigenous communities it also emphasizes the lack of attention given to missing and murdered Native people
‘Targeted for violence’: the dangers LGBTQ+ Native Americans face
A recently released report found that Indigenous people in California have experienced sexual assault at high rates
Island Residents Protest at the Willows Inn After Workplace Allegations
About 50 people carried signs and a few shouted, ‘Shame,’ after a New York Times article chronicled harassment and discrimination claims from former employees.
Three Tacoma police officers charged in killing of Manuel Ellis
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Decision came more than a year after Pierce county medical examiner’s office ruled Black father of two’s death a homicide
‘Suddenly I’m breathing’: hope as Haaland takes on crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans
The interior secretary has announced the formation of a new unit to investigate the ‘epidemic’ of violence
