The latest report from Urban Indian Health Institute responding to Washington State Patrol’s report on the MMIWG crisis
Topic Sexual violence
Analysis of data from Washington State Patrol’s report on the MMIWG crisis in Washington State
On July 18, 2019, Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) hosted a gathering with Seattle Native community members to raise awareness of the MMIWG crisis and enter information about their missing loved ones into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).
Legislative updates regarding missing and murdered indigenous women and girls
In August 2018, we released a report detailing a survey on sexual violence conducted with 148 Native women living in Seattle. We found that 94% of them had been raped or coerced at some point in …
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A nationwide data crisis
A summary of Our Bodies, Our Stories, a report about the epidemic of sexual violence perpetrated against Native women living in Seattle, Washington.