They brought posters of men, women and children who are missing, and broadened the name of the local movement to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Late last year, the Trump administration announced it would dedicate more resources to all missing and slain Native Americans and Alaska Natives. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Shores said the Justice Department looked at two databases, both of which had more Native American and Alaska Native males listed as missing than females. At the Navajo Nation forum, he posed the question: Are missing and murdered indigenous men being ignored? Although the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement’s efforts are expanding, there’s not a strong push nationally to change the acronym #MMIW, said Sarah Deer, a University of Kansas professor who has studied violence against Native women.

Source: thestar January 26, 2020 16:07 UTC