Urgent Need for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Data

Nevada Week |Urgent Need for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Data

SEASON 7: EPISODE 723 | Airdate: 12/12/2024

Nevada Assemblywoman for District 37 Shea Backus and Her 38 Roses founder Deana BlackCrow discuss the urgency in finding and identifying missing and murdered Indigenous people. They share how a new bill can help investigators better track data in these cases. Then we meet four student artists behind tribute art honoring the professors hurt and killed in the 2023 UNLV shooting.

Guests

• Assemblywoman Shea Backus, (D) District 37
• Deanna BlackCrow, MMIP Advocate, Founder of Her 38 Roses
• Haide Calle, Art Major, UNLV
• Anjelo Vigilia, Art Major, UNLV
• Denise Atandi, Secondary Education Major, UNLV
• Chani Johnston, English Major, UNLV

Resources

• Her 38 Roses
• UNLV Strong Memorial Art
• The Inter Tribal Council of Nevada Family Violence Prevention Program hotline # 775-722-8794
• Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe Victim Services hotline # 775-427-0985
• Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Victim Services # 775-575-9444
• Walker River Paiute Tribe Victim Services # 775-773-2058
• Reno-Sparks Indian Colony # 775-329-2936 (ask for Victim Services)
• Washoe Tribe Advocates # 775-434-4002
• Shoshone Paiute Tribe Napuha Kha Nii (Owyhee) after hours call law enforcement # 775-757-3624
• Duckwater Shoshone Tribe # 775-293-9589