The issue of missing Indigenous women took center stage on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Monday morning.
Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell grilled Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, about concerns around the trend of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
KIRO 7 has tracked several cases in our region where Indigenous people disappeared or were found dead after being reported missing. Haaland said the Department of the Interior’s budget does fund more than $16 million for units that will look into the concerns. “We don’t have enough resources here. We’re a target. We know that there’s a lot of trafficking of women,” said Cantwell.“We understand that area has some of the highest missing rates, and certainly in small communities, you can imagine a dozen people went missing at one time. We’re so happy to work with you on this and we’ll take a look at what we have in the . There’s one agent in the MMU, but sure, we could use more,” said Haaland.
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