{"id":320518,"date":"2025-12-01T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=320518"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:30:22","slug":"native-america-calling-advocates-push-back-against-new-obstacles-to-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-relatives-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/12\/01\/native-america-calling-advocates-push-back-against-new-obstacles-to-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-relatives-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Advocates push back against new obstacles to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, December 1, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Advocates push back against new obstacles to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives momentum\r\n<\/div>\r\nDespite promises by elected leaders to address the disproportionate number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who are murdered or go missing, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) advocates say there is little progress and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/tribal\/not-invisible-act\">even steps backward for victims and their families<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Advocates say the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ictnews.org\/news\/mmiw-report-a-casualty-of-federal-purge-of-government-data\/\">removal of the Not Invisible Act report from the Department of Justice\u2019s website<\/a> is a setback for public awareness and the work to fight the ongoing problem. Advocates also complained that Alaska officials are not adequately acknowledging the number of unsolved cases. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSince that complaint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knba.org\/news\/2025-10-08\/alaska-state-troopers-new-cold-case-list-raises-more-questions-than-answers-advocates-say\">state officials added 50 names to the unsolved cases list<\/a>. Numerous data sources point to the disproportionate rate that Native people are victims of violence and their cases go unresolved.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/05\/indian-health-service-our-communities-have-been-deeply-affected-by-our-missing-and-murdered-relatives\/reddressjaimeblack\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11216\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"11216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/05\/indian-health-service-our-communities-have-been-deeply-affected-by-our-missing-and-murdered-relatives\/reddressjaimeblack\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05\/reddressjaimeblack-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553969393&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MMIW Red Dress by Jaime Black\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;MMIW Red Dress by Jaime Black&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The REDress Project, created by Metis artist Jaime Black, is exhibited outside of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., in March 2019. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05\/reddressjaimeblack-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05\/reddressjaimeblack-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"MMIW REDress Project by Jaime Black\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-11216\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The REDress Project, created by Metis artist Jaime Black to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women, is exhibited outside of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., in March 2019. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nCharlene Aqpik Apok (I\u00f1upiaq), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforindigenousjustice.org\/\">Data for Indigenous Justice<\/a>, based in Alaska\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKarrisa Newkirk (Caddo), president and founder of Missing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmiwchahta.org\/\">Murdered Indigenous Women-Chahta<\/a> in Oklahoma\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCheryl Horn (Nakota and Aaniiih),  MMIP advocate from the  Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite promises to address the disproportionate number of Native people who are murdered or go missing, advocates are facing new setbacks.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,13,1,14],"tags":[78,79,6952,5743,362,75,6953,243,197,249,133,1490,127,47,134,44],"class_list":["post-320518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-charlene-aqpik-apok","tag-cheryl-horn","tag-doj","tag-donald-trump","tag-karrisa-newkirk","tag-media","tag-mmiw","tag-montana","tag-native-america-calling","tag-not-invisible-act","tag-oklahoma","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-women","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05\/reddressjaimeblack-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1lnE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320518"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320552,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320518\/revisions\/320552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}