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August 5, 2020Non-federal Moment August 5, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Debra O’Gara, AKNWRC Senior Policy Specialist 907–888-2666; debra.ogara@aknwrc.org Covid Precautions Make the Long Standing Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Worse Not one more missing, murdered Indigenous woman has been ringing throughout the country for many years. The voices of the mother, daughters, aunties and families left behind have finally been heard. Last week the Anchorage Daily News, NBC and several other mainstream media brought national attention to the violence faced by Native American and Alaska Native families. “The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women has been escalating for over 200 years. The current COVID situation… -
July 23, 2020Jul 22, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Debra O’Gara, AKNWRC Senior Policy Specialist 907–888-2666; debra.ogara@aknwrc.org AKNWRC Stands with Tribal Chiefs Hill and Chilcoat to protect Native women through strengthening Tribal Sovereignty (Alaska, July 22, 2020)—The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) stands in solidarity with Muscogee (Creek) Nation Chief David Hill’s and Seminole Nation Chief Greg Chilcoat’s decision to stand for sovereignty and safety for Native women which are being threatened by the Oklahoma Attorney General. On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a historic decision affirming the long-established treaty boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The significance of the McGirt decision is that the…
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March 28, 2019Media Contacts: Princella RedCorn Communications Officer, NIWRC predcorn@niwrc.org Candy Keown Communications Coordinator AKNWRC candy.keown@aknwrc.org For Immediate Release March 25th, 2019 Fairbanks, AK- The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKWRNC) and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) release this statement to offer prayers and support to the family of Sophie Sergie and encourage a state-wide call to action to address the issue of Missing and Murdered Native women and Girls. Because of mounting pressure from grassroots advocacy by Native women’s families, tribes, advocates and coalitions, justice systems focus on bringing resolution to cold cases like Sophie’s and help uplift the need for healing and honoring of these women’s and…
