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Not Invisible Act: efforts underway to better track crimes against Indigenous people

Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | By Eileen Russell
Published June 22, 2023 at 10:30 AM PDT
Women standing in front of a sign that reads, "Not one More! Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women."
Eileen Russell
Women at the MMIP conference at the Blue Lake Rancheria standing in front of a sign that reads, "Not one More! Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women."

The Not Invisible Act was passed into law by Congress in an effort to identify and combat violence in tribal communities in the United States. The Yurok tribe recently hosted a commission hearing at the Blue Lake Rancheria that focused on the collection and reporting of data.

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