Across the U.S. and Canada, it’s believed thousands of Indigenous women and girls are kidnapped, murdered, or sexually assaulted every year but go unreported or uninvestigated. The issues range from a lack of reporting due to mistrust, interagency barriers, cultural differences, and what many families and loved ones of those lost have felt is a lack of compassion or interest in investigating these cases.
A 2018 report from the Seattle-based Urban Indian Health Institute found American Indian and Alaska Native women go missing at a rate of 79% per 100,000 compared to 19% per 100,000 for white women. That report found 506 cases dating back to 1943. In a
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