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Missoula proclaims Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People awareness day; community advocate urges justice and sovereignty
Summary
Mayor Andrea Davis issued a proclamation recognizing May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) awareness day; community advocate Joni Kickingwoman told council the crisis reflects systemic law and policy failures and called for prosecution and tribal sovereignty.
Mayor Andrea Davis read a proclamation on May 5 recognizing May as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) awareness month and asked a community advocate to speak.
Joni Kickingwoman, who identified herself as working in the Community Justice Division and the crime victim advocate program focusing on MMIWP, told the council: "This is not an epidemic. It's a system." She…
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