Researchers at Arizona State University are tackling the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women in the state, and they are trying to figure out why it is happening and what can be done to stop it. Kate Fox, professor and director of the Research on Violent Victimization Lab at Arizona State University, said the data speaks for itself. The killing of Indigenous women and girls has been increasing over the past 40 years. .
Tribal leaders from the eight federally recognized tribes in Utah gathered at a news conference at the state Capitol this week and called on state lawmakers to pass House Bill 40, Utah's version of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people may soon be improved in Colorado, thanks to a bill passed by the state legislature on Tuesday.
More than four in five Indigenous people in the U.S. have experienced violent crime, according to national data. Those are some of the highest rates of violence for any demographic,