/tags/melody-delmar Melody Delmar en-US Copyright Fri, 03 May 2024 22:16:02 GMT /local-news/2024-05-03/departments-of-interior-and-justice-respond-to-report-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis Among Native American communities, people go missing and experience violence at disproportionately high rates. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) - the first Native cabinet secretary - has been working to implement the Not Invisible Act, which she helped pass as a Congresswoman in 2019. A commission traveled round the country hearing testimony from survivors, advocates, law enforcement and tribal leaders. It released a list of recommendations last November, and now the Departments of Justice and Interior have responded. Fri, 03 May 2024 22:16:02 GMT /local-news/2024-05-03/departments-of-interior-and-justice-respond-to-report-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis Jeanette DeDios