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PHOENIX (AP) — Human remains that had been buried for decades in a California gravesite and marked as “Jane Doe" have been identified as a Navajo woman who went missing from northern Arizona, authorities said.

Activists tell of how extractive industries are intertwined with violence against women and girls

Native American women have been targeted with high rates of violence, murder, rape and disappearance for centuries. This ongoing series explores how MMIW activists, communities, lawmakers and law enforcement are raising awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women and working for change.

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.

Ewenin’s family gave testimony at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry, and the bench is a permanent way to honour her.

"We’ll keep working until our people stop going missing without a trace.”

The interior secretary has announced the formation of a new unit to investigate what she calls an ‘epidemic’

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.

Native American women are being murdered and sexually assaulted on reservations and nearby towns at far higher rates than other American women.

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Tre C. James is accused of fatally shooting Jamie Yazzie, who was last seen on the Navajo Nation.

Before the murder of Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old primary school teacher killed in London, some were already speaking of a

When Meskee Yanabah Yatsayte started Navajo Nation Missing Persons Updates seven years ago, she’d never heard of the acronym MMIWG, which stands for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and wasn’t widely used at the time.

Resource extraction takes a toll on more than just the economy and the environment.

The Billings Gazette has continued to examine one of the most urgent issues in Montana and our region — missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

While violence against women plagues many communities across the country and around the world, the Native American indigenous groups in North America are particularly hard struck by this devastating problem. Missing and murdered indigenous women

A program in Washington state is intended to trigger an effective search and raise awareness of the problem

Artist Jaime Black says the REDress Project is an expression of her grief for thousands of Native victims

These are the cases authorities say do not involve foul play

U.S. lawmakers are beginning to grapple with the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Canada’s inquiry suggests the road ahead will be steep.

The death of Gabby Petito draws attention to a form of widespread gendered violence in the US that has long been hiding in plain sight

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

The intentional murder of women because they are women is a problem globally.

It leads to violence against, and the trafficking of, Native women

Attempts to address the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis could be counteracted by the problems “man camps” cause for reservation communities.

EDIT May 13, 2019: WPLC & Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program testified on the criminalization of Indigenous Water Protectors before the Inter American Commission on Human Rights in Kingston, Jamaica on May 9, 2019 Bismarck, ND – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently announced that it will conduct a hearing on the Suppression of Indigenous Resistance to Extractive Industries in North America. The hearing was requested by the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC)

Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act are both aimed at protecting Native American women from violence.