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The FCC is set to consider the establishment of a new alert that would inform the public about missing and endangered Native Americans.
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Native American families remain frustrated by high rates of violence, missing persons cases and unsolved killings. The Biden administration has missed the deadline for responding to recommendations from a special commission that spent months traveling the country to hear the heartbreaking stories of families with missing loved ones.
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The Navajo Nation Council is urging Attorney General Kris Mayes to continue prosecuting operators of fraudulent sober living homes in the Phoenix area that allegedly targeted Native Americans.
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The Navajo Police Department Chinle District is asking for the public’s help in locating Leon Mike Thomas. The 36-year-old artist was last seen Nov. 22, 2023, at the Canyon De Chelly Monument in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. He is known to sell his artwork at the Canyon De Chelly overlook.
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New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with implementing a state plan for responding to cases of missing or slain Native Americans.
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Advocates are calling out New Mexico’s governor for disbanding a task force that crafted recommendations to address the high rate of killings and missing person cases in Native American communities.
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The Navajo Police Department Crownpoint District is asking for the public’s help in locating 36-year-old Matthew Castillo. He was last seen in the area of Whitehorse Lake, New Mexico on Monday, October 9, 2023.
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The Navajo Nation Council's task force on missing and murdered Diné relatives heard a report in late October on the introduction of federal assistance to the ongoing crisis.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has wrapped up the final stop on the Department’s “Road to Healing” tour. In June of 2021, Haaland launched the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative to shed light on the traumatic history of government-backed Native American boarding schools.
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The advisory committee tasked with combating the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people says the U.S. government needs to spend more money on public safety and criminal justice.