Linda Skeek (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women)

Last year we brought awareness to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.  This episode is to bring attention to that issue, and provide an update on the progress being made in policy creation, data collection, and law enforcement training.  In this week's episode we share the disappearance of 32 year old Linda Skeek, member of Tlingit tribe and Eskimo Alaska Native.  A  Department of Justice report showed that Native American women are murdered at 10x the national average, and more than 80% experience physical violence.  

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/03/28/jury-finds-anchorage-man-not-guilty-of-murder-in-connection-to-wifes-disappearance/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/02/27/in-anchorage-a-rare-murder-trial-without-a-body/

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/visibility-is-key-data-and-murdered-and-missing-indigenous-women/

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/murder-charges-in-case-of-missing-juneau-woman/

https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/02/2019-26178/establishing-the-task-force-on-missing-and-murdered-american-indians-and-alaska-natives

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/227

https://www.doi.gov/news/secretary-haaland-creates-new-missing-murdered-unit-pursue-justice-missing-or-murdered-american

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/09/28/917807372/savannas-act-addresses-alarming-numbers-of-missing-or-murdered-native-women

Resources to learn more about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: 

https://www.csvanw.org/mmiw

https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw

https://mmiwusa.org/

https://www.niwrc.org/