GAO issues report on missing, murdered Indigenous women - Ron Dungan
In 2019, more than a dozen members of Congress — including Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Ruben Gallego — asked the Government Accountability Office to gather more information on the issue of missing or murdered Indigenous women. The GAO has now released its findings on the crisis.
Arizona Committee On Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women Gets Input From The Public - Lauren Gilger, Katie Campbell
Countless indigenous women and girls have gone missing for generations. Some are never found. Others are only returned to loved ones after their lives were taken
Podcasts Taken the Podcast: Eagle Vision’s committment to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and their families began when Founding Partner Lisa Meeches (Anishinaabe from Long Plain First Nation) was expecting her first daughter, and had a dream that...
Let's talk missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives
Let’s Talk New Mexico 10/21 8am: It’s still unclear exactly how many cases there are in New Mexico of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives.…
In collaboration with Tucson Indian Center, we cover the topic Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls with Senator Sally Ann Gonzales and April Ignacio
Supreme Court Rules Tribal Police Can Detain Non-Natives, But Problems Remain
Tribal forces can investigate and hold non-Native Americans while waiting for back up from state police or federal officers, but they can't arrest them. Tribes say that means criminals going free.
The Red Nation is dedicated to the liberation of Indigenous peoples from colonialism. We do this through centering Indigenous agendas and struggles in direct action, advocacy, mobilization, and educat
Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women — an artist, an activist and a politician — as they work to vindicate and honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. As they face the lasting effects of historical trauma, each woman searches for healing while navigating the
Violence On The Land, Violence On Our Bodies: Building an Indigenous Response to Environmental Violence - Women’s Earth Alliance and Native Youth Sexual Health Network
For Indigenous communities in North America, the links between land and body create a powerful intersection—one that, when overlooked or discounted, can threaten their very existence. Extractive industries have drilled, mined, and fracked on lands on or near resource-rich Indigenous territories for decades.
Meet the woman who made 150 ribbon skirts for family of missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls | CBC News
Roughly 150 women who attended the Mamawe! Mekowishwewin-miyomachowin gathering earlier this month walked away with a handcrafted ribbon skirt, made by Agnes Woodward and her family.
Hearing on missing and murdered indigenous women brings tears to Haaland’s eyes
Rep. Deb Haaland got emotional while questioning a witness at a hearing on missing and murdered indigenous women Thursday. Choking back tears, Haaland asked ...
Haaland: Petito Case a Reminder of Missing Native Americans
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says extensive news media coverage of the death of Gabby Petito should be a reminder of hundreds of Native American girls and women who are missing or murdered in the United States.
Navajo Safe Water: Protecting You and Your Family’s Health
The Navajo Nation is providing new safe water sources for in-home use to residents living in homes with no piped water during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.This website describes how people without piped water in their homes can gain access to water from safe sources. This website provides information on water point locations, operating hours, and contact information. There is also information provided that will explain the importance of accessing and hauling your drinking and cooking water from safe water points.This site is best viewed using Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge explorers. It does not work on Internet Explorer.
It Takes a Team: Tackling Water Quality Challenges and COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation - Joseph H. Hoover, Daniel Beene, and Karletta Chief
IN 2020 SCHOLARS FOUND THAT A LACK OF INDOOR plumbing was associated with a higher rate of COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities in the United States. Among the affected populations is the Navajo Nation, whose territory spans northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and a small portion of Utah. To learn more about the role of water access in the spread and transmission of COVID-19, the Navajo Nation invited water experts from multiple academic institutions to join the nation’s Water Access
Coordination Group (WACG).
Video Indigenous student’s disappearance part of epidemic of missing native women: Part 1
Ashley Loring Heavy Runner vanished in 2017. She’s just one of nearly 6,000 missing indigenous women. A complicated, underfunded justice system often leaves these sometimes violent crimes unsolved.
In the United States the use of unregulated water sources – defined as sources that do not meet criteria to be classified as a public water system as defined by the Safe Drinking Water Act - are used regularly for livestock watering, agriculture, domestic, and other purposes. Nationally, more than 45 million people rely on unregulated water sources for drinking water; however, there remains infrastructure disparities for drinking water access in communities on Tribal nations. For the Navajo Nation, a sovereign Indigenous nation in the Southwestern United States, between 7% and 30% of homes lack plumbing to deliver household drinking water, so residents are compelled to access other water sources – regulated and unregulated alike. Previous unregulated water quality studies on the Navajo Nation were regionally focused and unsuitable for evaluating water quality trends across the Navajo Nation, an area that encompasses more than 71,000 square kilometers in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Therefore, beginning in 2011 the Community Environmental Health Program at the University of New Mexico began to compile existing water quality datasets, principally for unregulated groundwater sources, in a single geospatial relational database.
Researchers at the University of New Mexico Center for Native Environmental Health Equity Research of the New Mexico METALS Superfund Research Program, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, and the Southwest Research and Information Center have compiled a database of water quality measurements from groundwater wells on the Navajo Nation using data from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency, and data from researchers at the University of New Mexico, Diné College and Northern Arizona University. To date, this data compilation has been used for publications but has not been disseminated publicly. The purpose of this website is to facilitate access to these compiled water quality data. The application design enables users to view water quality information using statistical and geospatial tools. Our hope is that this information will support individual and community decisions about water use from unregulated sources.
Related Organizations Series: Indigenous Peoples Law
This is the second in a series of posts introducing readers to various organizations, conferences, and/or listservs, relevant to the FCIL-SIS Interest Groups. The series seeks to increase awareness…