Police found the remains of Rosenda Strong, a Native American woman who was last seen leaving the Legends Casino in Toppenish, WA, in October 2018.
But according to advocates and lawmakers, there's no reliable way of knowing how many missing cases there are because databases are outdated and law enforcement needs proper training on the issue.
Some lawmakers are trying to change that. In May 2019, U.S. Representatives Deb Haaland, Norma Torres, and Dan Newhouse reintroduced the U.S. House version of, which seeks to improve communication between between federal, state, local, and tribal officials.
, a 22-year-old member of the Spirit Lake tribe who was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Fargo, ND in 2017. She was eight months pregnant at the time of her death."Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own community, but Native American and Alaskan Native women continue to face murder rates that are 10 times higher than the national average," Rep.
Rep. Haaland, one of the first two Native American women in the U.S. Congress, has said she's working on multiple other efforts to combat the scourge of missing and murdered Native women and girls. "Congress has never had a voice like mine, a Native American woman who sees the blind spots that have existed for far too long. That's why I've been working on multiple bills and legislation to address this crisis," she said in a conference call in May about Savanna's Act, according toIf you have information on the Rosenda Strong case, you can call the Yakama Nation Police Department at 509-865-2933 or the FBI at 509-990-0857 regarding case number 18-010803.
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