{"id":516843,"date":"2026-05-05T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=516843"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:34:39","slug":"native-america-callling-alaska-mmiw-case-exemplifies-lingering-distrust-in-law-enforcement-motivations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/05\/native-america-callling-alaska-mmiw-case-exemplifies-lingering-distrust-in-law-enforcement-motivations\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Alaska MMIW case exemplifies lingering distrust in law enforcement motivations"},"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\">Tuesday, May 5, 2026<\/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\">\r\n Alaska MMIW case exemplifies lingering distrust in law enforcement motivations\r\n<\/div>\r\nMMIP advocates fault police in Anchorage, Alaska, for not acting fast enough when a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/alaska-news\/anchorage\/2026\/04\/30\/community-members-remember-kelly-hunt-call-for-bolstered-anchorage-investigations-involving-indigenous-people\/\"> young   Native woman went missing<\/a> in January.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Kelly Hunt\u2019s body was discovered in April. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXiz98MDqN7\/\">death is now under investigation<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/05\/native-america-callling-alaska-mmiw-case-exemplifies-lingering-distrust-in-law-enforcement-motivations\/kellyhunt\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-516867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-attachment-id=\"516867\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/05\/native-america-callling-alaska-mmiw-case-exemplifies-lingering-distrust-in-law-enforcement-motivations\/kellyhunt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05\/KellyHunt.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kelly Hunt\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kelly Hunt&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kelly Hunt. Courtesy photo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05\/KellyHunt.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05\/KellyHunt.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly Hunt\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-516867\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Kelly Hunt. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHunt&#8217;s disappearance and death marks   the latest case revealing the <a href=\"https:\/\/alaskapublic.org\/news\/2026-05-04\/kelly-hunt-was-missing-for-months-advocates-say-police-didnt-do-enough\">persistent lack of trust Native communities have when it comes to MMIP cases<\/a>. It also  comes as the Trump administration is touting a surge in federal agents in selected locations to address the backlog in unsolved serious crimes, but tribal leaders and advocates say there\u2019s no real progress on the lingering disconnect between Native people and law enforcement officials on all levels. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd despite some recent progress, there are serious hurdles when it comes to jurisdictional confusion and information sharing across agencies.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The news of Kelly Hunt, an Alaska Native woman whose body was recently found in Anchorage, is absolutely heartbreaking. It\u2019s unacceptable that cases like Kelly\u2019s continue. Progress has been made in addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, but there is much\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisamurkowski\/status\/2049270552368664982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSenDanSullivan%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02gdKjCRBUTE2qU7NeV68iKpdPQBCMpdbn64Y5FwNQYbWd4bL1CjkP2GWWC3eTtjzVl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"671\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nRegina Antone (Gila River Indian Community), lieutenant governor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gilariver.org\/\">Gila River Indian Community<\/a> in Arizona\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nStephen Roe Lewis, governor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gilariver.org\/\">Gila River Indian Community<\/a> in Arizona\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlexis Savage (I\u00f1upiaq), MMIP advocate in Alaska\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLaRenda Morgan (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma), Cheyenne and Arapaho MMIP chapter chairwoman and the governmental affairs officer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheyenneandarapaho-nsn.gov\">Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes<\/a> of Oklahoma\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<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Advocates for missing and murdered relatives say police didn&#8217;t act fast enough when an Alaska Native woman went missing.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":516867,"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":[13,1,14],"tags":[78,79,7425,42,1096,101,75,66,397,7423,6164,511,243,197,133,127,134,7424,150],"class_list":["post-516843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-alexis-savage","tag-arizona","tag-cheyenne-arapaho","tag-crime","tag-donald-trump","tag-gila-river","tag-jurisdiction","tag-kelly-hunt","tag-larenda-morgan","tag-law-enforcement","tag-media","tag-mmiw","tag-native-america-calling","tag-oklahoma","tag-radio","tag-regina-antone","tag-stephen-roe-lewis","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05\/KellyHunt.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2asb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516843","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=516843"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537041,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516843\/revisions\/537041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}