Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2023-10-16 — Native American Child Protection Act: cross-connection with native-american-child-protection-act: Family violence prevention programs for tribes overlap with the broader federal response to violence against Indigenous people. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-05-21 — BADGES for Native Communities Act: BADGES for Native Communities Act (introduced) would authorize DOJ grants for tribal law enforcement recruitment/retention, provide HHS mental-health resources for tribal and BIA officers, reform Interior background-investigation procedures, and direct GAO to study federal evidence-collection and information-sharing practices in MMIP cases. (novelty: 2)