Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Archives

Nisqually Tribe’s sovereignty summit focuses on MMIWP crisis

By Lauren Gallup May 5, 2023

Chay Squally and Sarah Colleen Sotomish at the Nisqually Indian Tribal Summit on May 4. Photo courtesy of Debbie Preston.

Washington state has one of the largest numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples cases in the nation. On May 4, the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Annual Protecting Our Sovereignty Tribal Summit focused on the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis. Read More

New online toolkit to provide help, comfort to families with missing loved ones

By Lauren Gallup May 1, 2023

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1512 into law on Monday, May 1 as supporters and bill sponsors looked on.

By signing into law House Bill 1512, Washington state will create an online toolkit meant to assist families and law enforcement seeking to locate and recover missing persons. The act, known as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Persons and Lucian Act, is in part named after Lucian Munguia, who was 4 years old when he went missing in Yakima last September. His Read More

Washington establishes cold case unit to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous peoples cases

By Lauren Gallup April 20, 2023

A photo of families gathered for May 5th MMIWP Awareness Day 2022

On April 20, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1177 that establishes a cold case unit specifically for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people in the state. “This legislation will ensure that Indigenous victims of crime receive robust, thorough investigations, and potential prosecution,” Inslee said. Read More

WSP Launches Missing Indigenous Person Alert System

By Johanna Bejarano July 5, 2022

Posters with images of missing or murdered indigenous people were displayed at the MMIW/P Healing Gathering in Seattle in May. Credit: Johanna Bejarano. Read The Washington State Patrol (WSP) officially… Continue Reading WSP Launches Missing Read More

Estudiante de secundaria de Yakima gana concurso de arte del Congreso

By Dori Luzzo Gilmour May 23, 2022

Imagen de la obra “Silenced”, de Morgan Greene, que estará expuesta en el Capitolio. Read Una estudiante de último año de la escuela secundaria A.C. Davis de Yakima ganó el… Continue Reading Estudiante de secundaria de Yakima gana Read More

Families Gathered For Healing And Justice For MMIWP

By Johanna Bejarano May 11, 2022

Mujeres Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Awareness Day

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Familias se reunieron para sanar y pedir justicia para MMIWP

By Johanna Bejarano May 11, 2022

Familias se reunieron para sanar y pedir justicia para MMIWP Continue Reading Familias se reunieron para sanar y pedir justicia para MMIWPRead More

Families Honor Their Loved Ones During MMWIP Awareness Day

By Johanna Bejarano May 6, 2022

MMIW/P’s families gathered at Toppenish to honor loved ones. Photo: Johanna Bejarano. Read Family members joined in Toppenish to honor their relatives on the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness… Continue Reading Families Read More

May 5 “Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And People Awareness Day” In Pierce County

By Lauren Gallup May 4, 2022

A participant in the Greater Than Fear Rally & March in Rochester Minnesota. The red handprint is a symbol for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people.

Tacoma has some of the highest cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People nationwide. Pierce County council members voted to establish an awareness day of this issue. Continue Reading May 5 “Missing And Read More

Qué significa la ley “Bring Them Home” para MMIP

By Johanna Bejarano April 25, 2022

La ley "Tráelos a casa" ("Bring them home" en inglés) de Washington entra en vigor en junio. Permite a los miembros de las tribus realizar sus prácticas espitiruales y ceremonias sobre un indígena fallecido sin comprometer la escena antes de que se realice la autopsia, y apoya a los supervivientes del tráfico de personas. Read More

What The ‘Bring Them Home’ Law Means For MMIP

By Johanna Bejarano April 22, 2022

Washington’s “Bring them home” law takes effect in June. It allows tribal members to pray over a deceased indigenous person without compromising the scene before an autopsy is conducted, and supports survivors of trafficking. Continue Reading What The ‘Bring Read More

Alert System For WA Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And People

By NWPB News December 7, 2021

A new alert system could be the first step towards addressing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/P) crisis in WA. Representative Debra Lekanoff announced the move last Friday during the first task force meetings in Toppenish. Read More

First Meeting of the Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force

By NWPB News December 3, 2021

The Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/P) Task Force held its first meetings in Toppenish. Continue Reading First Meeting of the Washington State Missing and Murdered Read More