Reps. Blackman & Martinez Urge Immediate Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous

Reps. Blackman & Martinez Urge Immediate Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis
News Conference Scheduled for May 20 at 9:00 a.m. at State Capitol Rose Garden

STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Republican State Representatives Walt Blackman and Teresa Martinez are calling for immediate state and federal action to address the alarming rates of violence against Native American and Alaska Native communities.

Recent reports from the CDC and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) show Native women and girls face some of the highest rates of sexual violence, homicide, and trafficking in the country. Native men also experience elevated rates of violent death. In 2016 alone, more than 5,700 Native women and girls were reported missing, yet only 116 were recorded in the federal NamUs database.