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Native America Calling: Native MMIW advocates use their skills to seek answers
Monday, December 9, 2024
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Native MMIW advocates use their skills to seek answers
The disproportionately high number of unsolved cases for missing and murdered Indigenous women inspired Haley Omeasoo (Hopi/Blackfeet) to launch a research lab on the Blackfeet Nation’s Montana reservation.

Ohkomi Forensics offers tribal police and other law enforcement agencies scientific data in an attempt to make connections with current and past investigations.

The research lab one of the ways Native advocates all over the country are working to fill gaps to improve the troubling statistics for Native crime victims.

NBC News: Native American scientists launch forensics team to investigate Indigenous cold cases

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