MISSING AND MURDERED

1 Urban IndianHealth InstituteA Division of the Seattle Indian Health Board*This report contains strong language about violence against American Indian and Alaska Native snapshot of data from 71 urban cities in the United StatesMISSING AND MURDEREDWOMEN & GIRLSThis report is the second of the Our Bodies, Our Stories series. Go to to read the first report regarding sexual violence against Native women in Seattle, Washington. Urban Indian Health Institute is a division of the Seattle Indian Health Board. Donate to future projects that will strengthen the health of Native people by going to IndianHealth InstituteA Division of the Seattle Indian Health BoardDUE TO URBAN INDIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE S LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE POOR DATA COLLECTION BY NUMEROUS CITIES, THE 506 CASES IDENTIFIED IN THIS REPORT ARE LIKELY AN UNDERCOUNT OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN & GIRLS IN URBAN MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN & GIRLSA NATIONWIDE CRISIS: MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN & GIRLSN ationwide, the voices of Indigenous people have united to raise awareness of MISSING and MURDERED Indigenous woman and girls (MMIWG)

Oct 15, 2018 · for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women and that rates of violence on reservations can be up to ten times higher than the national average.iii, iv However, no research has been done on rates of such violence among American Indian

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