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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Anchorage Assembly Public Safety Meeting October 2, 2019 Land Acknowledgement Lets take a moment to acknowledge & honor the First Peoples of this land. The original caretakers, the 20
Anchorage Assembly Public Safety Meeting October 2, 2019
Let’s take a moment to acknowledge & honor the First Peoples of this land. The original caretakers, the 20 Indigenous Tribes of Alaska. Chin’an Dena’ina
WE ARE IN A NATIONWIDE CRISIS as our missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls continue to be targets for violence, abduction and homicide. Many of these women become invisible. Our mothers, daughters, grandmothers, granddaughters and friends are losing their lives at alarming rates - their eir stories ries are e un untold ld, , and d the e data, ta, the e medi dia a and at times, s, even law enforcement don’t acknowledge them. We are here, with our partners, friends and Indigenous people across the Nation in our corner, to fight for justice, and we are becoming more mobilized to demand justice for
Alaska ranks first in the United States with the highest rate of females murdered by males.
From the Violence Policy Center Report released September 2019
We have a short PSA released from AK Native Women Resource Center to help ground the data by connecting to real people and experiences
4 in 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls experience violence in their lifetimes A recent study found that in some places, American Indian and Alaska Native women are murdered at a rate ten times higher than the national average The perpetrator in the murders of Alaska Natives and American Indian women, were generally not domestic violence or intimate partner related. The majority of the deaths were non-DV related, or 86.1%
No Protections
Murder is the third leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women, AND rates of violence on reservations can be up to TEN times higher than the national average.
Missing Data
In 2016 there were 5,712 reports
and Alaska Native women in girls, the US Dept of Justice logged only 116 cases. Misclassification including race, mislabeling deaths as a suicide rather than homicide, mislabeling the origin location
Missing in the Media
More than 95% of the cases in the study by UIHI were never covered by national or international media. Out of 934 articles, which covered 129 cases out of 506 in the study, one quarter of the total number of cases were covered by local, regional or national media.
“We have always known that violence against Native women was an issue, but people refused to acknowledge it. We are showing that data is going to be important to bring change and that more research is urgently needed to protect
Indian Health Institute
Of the e 153 cases s iden entifi tified ed by UIHI that at were e not locate ated in any law w enforc rceme ement t records, ds, nine were re locate ated in the e city of Anchor
age, rankin king it within in the e top ten cities s with h the e highe hest st number ber of MMIWG G cases es that at are re not in law w enforc rcement ement records rds.
This is not in the hands s of just one e group, up, one e department, or one government… this is for r ALL L OF US to addres ress s and STOP the viole lence ce. Federal · State · Local Tribal · Communities · Non-pro profit its
Update law enforcement data
to update law enforcement data
Work with local, state, federal, tribal & non- profits
participate in data collection
Funding specific to MMIWG cases
Record Keeping Protocols
database
*This is not an exhaustive list of actions that need to be taken, this is a small part.
Native Peoples Action
AK Native Women Resource Center
First Alaskans Institute Native Movement
National Indigenous Women Resource Center
When we come together, we can accomplish great things.
Who does this include: