Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Tre James, the suspect in the murder of a Navajo woman whose remains were found on the Hopi reservation last year was ordered to remain in custody by a magistrate judge in Flagstaff Tuesday. The victim’s family traveled from across Arizona and New Mexico to show support at the hearing.

The Navajo Police Training Academy last week awarded certificates to the first group of graduates of a new women’s empowerment program focusing on self-defense, situational awareness and assault prevention.

The Navajo Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenage girl. Authorities say 14-year-old Nevah Martin Kiyite was last seen leaving Crownpoint High School on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico around 3:45 p.m. on May 3, 2022.

In the U.S., Indigenous women and girls go missing and are murdered at disproportionately high rates. The Urban Indian Health Institute says homicide is the third-leading cause of death among Native American women, who also face rates of violence up to 10 times higher than the national average.

Members of a congressional panel focused on civil rights and liberties are acknowledging that more needs to be done to address the disproportionate numbers of Indigenous, Black and other women and girls of color and minority status who are missing in the United States.

The FBI is offering a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the disappearance and death of Jamie Lynette Yazzie. Her remains were discovered in November 2021 on the Hopi Reservation after she disappeared in June of 2019.

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