Trump Establishes Task Force on Missing and Murdered Native Americans
Epoch Times: Trump establishes Task Force...
AG Barr launches plan to help missing, murdered Native Americans
What do you make of this?
Is this about addressing the Missing 411 problem? Probably not. Is it about exerting more control on tribal communities? Maybe a PR campaign?
Epoch Times: Trump establishes Task Force...
“It is my honor to sign an executive order … to address a tragedy facing Native American communities—the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska natives, in particular women and children. It’s a tremendous problem. It’s been going on for a long time. Many, many decades, beyond that, and we’re going to address it,” Trump said before signing the order.
More than 5,000 Native American women and girls were reported missing in a single year and some are still missing, Trump said. One study showed Native American women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the average American, he said.
“This should have happened many years ago,” he added.
The Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, co-chaired by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and Attorney General William Barr, will do several things, including engaging with tribal communities on the scope of the issue, developing protocols for new and unsolved cases, and establish a team to review cold cases.
AG Barr launches plan to help missing, murdered Native Americans
What do you make of this?
Is this about addressing the Missing 411 problem? Probably not. Is it about exerting more control on tribal communities? Maybe a PR campaign?