/tags/not-invisible-act Not Invisible Act 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 /local-news/2023-07-03/federal-commissioners-come-to-albuquerque-to-hear-from-families-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Native people are at disproportionate risk of experiencing violence, being murdered or going missing. In 2020, Congress passed a law called the Not Invisible Act to try to stop this. It was written by Deb Haaland, then a representative and now the first Indigenous secretary of the Interior Department. She promised the government would listen to Native people. A federal commission is now listening to families searching for lost loved ones. Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:07:23 GMT /local-news/2023-07-03/federal-commissioners-come-to-albuquerque-to-hear-from-families-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-05-04/friday-is-designed-to-bring-awareness-and-action-on-missing-or-murdered-indigenous-people Last year, President Joe Biden proclaimed May 5th as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person’s Awareness Day as a way to bring attention to the ongoing crisis and help families find their lost loved ones. Recent hearings by a federal commission have begun around the country, with one scheduled for New Mexico in June. Thu, 04 May 2023 23:23:26 GMT /local-news/2023-05-04/friday-is-designed-to-bring-awareness-and-action-on-missing-or-murdered-indigenous-people Jeanette DeDios