‘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
‘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
‘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
‘It haunts your life’: California’s legacy of police violence against Native American women
Amid a reckoning over police brutality against Black Americans, Native women are speaking out about their experiences
‘I gotta stay strong’: the Native American families with a legacy of violent deaths
An untracked number of Indigenous people have more than one relative missing or murdered in unexplained circumstances
Washington state takes landmark step on missing Native American women
A report, the product of 10 meetings with indigenous people across the state, calls for more coordination to tackle the crisis
‘Sister, where did you go?’: the Native American women disappearing from US cities
It is 10 years since Alyssa McLemore, 21, disappeared. Hers is just one of countless such cases across the US
