2025 Violence Against Native People (VAWA, MMIW) News Stories
‘Big, beautiful bill’ could deal an ugly blow for MMIP efforts (ICT) 6/18/2025
United Indian Nations of Oklahoma urges lawmakers to override governor's veto of MMIP bill (Native News Online) 5/26/2025
Report: In Wyoming, homicide rates of Indigenous people rise to 8 times that of white people (Wyoming Public Media) 5/22/2025
Arizona governor signs 'Emily's Law' to alert when Native Americans go missing (NBC News) 5/14/2025
NCAI releases landmark Minority & Missing Report highlighting disparities in missing persons cases (Native News Online) 5/12/2025
Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites (The 19th) 5/5/2025
Navajo Nation council speaker calls on FBI director to increase federal funding to MMIP cases (Native News Online) 5/5/2025
Lac du Flambeau woman is latest in ‘public health crisis’ of missing Indigenous women in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Public Radio) 4/15/2025
New Mexico governor signs bill to provide 'turquoise alert' when Native Americans go missing (U.S. News & World Report) 4/7/2025
Justice Department announces focus on crimes and missing people in Native American areas (South Dakota Searchlight) 4/2/2025
BIA to use forensic technology to help solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons cases (KUNR Aspen Public Radio) 3/24/2025
New Mexico bill would provide ‘turquoise’ safety alert when Native Americans go missing. Here’s what that means (Time) 3/21/2025
New bill would utilize OHA for responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases (KLCC NPR Oregon) 2/18/2025
New FBI report details patterns of violence against Native women, children (Native News Online) 2/4/2025
Q&A: Chelsea Curtis (Diné) on creating Arizona’s first MMIWGTT database (Native News Online) 1/16/2025
Sentencing in high profile MMIP case ‘huge for Indian Country’ (Native News Online) 1/8/2025
