Minnesota lawmakers, activists target violence against Indigenous women
Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune
Native and Indigenous women who for years have advocated for those who have vanished or been murdered are feeling fresh hope as the state is taking its first formal steps to combat the epidemic.
"It's a scary time to be an Indigenous woman," said Taysha Martineau, an Indigenous activist living on the Fond du Lac Reservation. "But with all of us working hard together, we've never been safer."
Minnesota's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force released its report this week after 18 months of research and meetings with survivors, advocates, public health experts and tribal leaders.