As Petito case captivates U.S., missing Native women ignored

[RandySF]

In Wyoming, the state where Petito's body was found, only 18% of indigenous female homicide victims get newspaper coverage, compared with 51% for white female and male victims, according to a state report.

Between 2011 and September 2020, more than 400 indigenous women and girls were reported missing in Wyoming, according to the report.

Homicide is the third-leading cause of death among Native women who are murdered at rates more than 10 times the national average, according to federal data.

Media coverage of homicides of indigenous people was more likely to use violent language and portray the victim in negative light, according to the Wyoming report. Commentators have noted that coverage of missing Black, Hispanic and other women who are not white is similarly sparse and loaded.

Investigations into violence against Native peoples have been underfunded for decades, with murders and missing persons cases often unsolved and unaddressed, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to hold the position. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, which runs law enforcement on Indian lands, is part of Interior.




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[jimfields33]

1. The way any of these start is social media and get them to go viral

Once that happens, local pick up story and ultimately the national news.

[niyad]

5. The conflicting areas of authority for one. And not all the missing or murdered

lived on the reservations.

[niyad]

7. If you want a headache, look up the jurisdictional crazy quilt that governs the

sovereign tribal nations.it is bizarre.

[airmid]

3. The irony of the fact that it took a blonde, white, social media type missing to even get

these news outlets and anchors to even to report on this. Of course it’s to tell everyone in the audience how wrong they are. Yet they are the ones with the media platform who could have made a difference.

[niyad]

4. Thank you for this valuable and important information. The MMIW (Missing and

Murdered Indigenous Women) has been trying to bring this information to national attention. The creation of the MMU (Missing and Murdered Unit) in the Buureau of Indian Affairs under Secretary. Haaland is an important, long-delayed step in addressing this national disgrace.

[BeckyDem]

8. K&R