Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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Utah’s Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force met Saturday for the second time this year.

On the first day of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to create a comprehensive strategy for federal law enforcement’s efforts to prevent and respond to violence against Native Americans.

Last year, Congress passed two laws addressing the crisis of violence against Indigenous women. But a new report by the Government Accountability Office finds that federal agencies have failed to meet the laws' requirements.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, Nov. 3, 2021.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday morning, Sept. 29, 2021.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has created a new unit to confront the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, reflecting the first Native American Cabinet secretary's prioritization of the issue in leading an agency that once sought to "civilize or exterminate" Native people.

Native American Utahns shared stories of losing family members Wednesday night with a state task force formed to study the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis. But the group has only met twice so far because of COVID-19 and few people showed up to testify.

The latest Utah news from Monday evening, October 12, 2020.

Monday evening, July 27, 2020Seven More Utahns Die From COVID-19Utah health officials reported 436 new cases of COVID-19 Monday. And the state’s death…

State and federal officials are launching new efforts to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Utah, after a nationwide study…