Missing And Murdered Indigenous People

Warrior Women for Justice organizes the second annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People vigil to rally around justice and healing.

A national commission earlier this month released proposed reforms to the way the U.S. government and law enforcement address incidents in the MMIP epidemic

A three-part documentary focused on four missing and murdered Indigenous women from Montana premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

Montana lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would provide $61,000 of the state’s money to pay for a grant program for training local, community-led teams to help coordinate searches for missing persons.

The event, organized by women’s rights groups Zonta International and the Montana Native Women’s Coalition, was the first in-person MMIP march in Billings since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dozens of people Thursday walked across Browning to commemorate a national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous persons. The walk comes as the local college is launching a database that aims to help resolve unsolved cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court v. Cooley decision earlier this month upheld the practice of detaining non-Native suspects on tribal roadways. The practice of detaining non-Natives until the authorities arrive from neighboring districts is common practice on many reservations throughout the US.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are the second tribal nation to integrate a new Montana missing persons reporting website into their protocols when people go missing in the Flathead.

The crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls is being recognized in ceremonies in Montana and around the nation this week. Family members...

Nearly 30 Indigenous advocacy groups are condemning the work of a presidential task force on missing and murdered Indigenous person cases.